Dressing with hydrocolloid
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorPeter Samuelsen
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Abstract
A dressing comprising a dressing containing a water-soluble or water-swellable hydrocolloid, a water-insoluble, viscous, elastomeric binder and optionally also a tackifier resin, is bevelled along all outer edges and optionally also, if annular, along the inner edge.
Claims5
A dressing of the kind comprising a skin-friendly, water absorbent sealing pad adhering to skin and mucous membranes and having a predetermined shape and size, said dressing consisting of at least one hydrocolloid selected from the group consisting of water-soluble and water-swellable hydrocolloids, the hydrocolloid being admixed with a water-insoluble, viscous, elastomeric binder, said sealing pad on one surface being firmly connected to a non-adhesive, water-tight cover layer and on the other surface being provided with a detachable protective cover, the sealing pad extending at least to the outer edges of the cover layer, comprising the improvement that the sealing pad is bevelled at least along all outer edges in the thickness dimension such that its thickness adjacent the edge does not exceed 1/4 of the thickness of the sealing pad in its non-bevelled portions.
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