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US 5,018,515 AGranted
See through absorbent dressing
AssigneeThe Kendall Company
InventorThomas Gilman
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Abstract
An absorbent dressing comprising, a transparent backing sheet having a relatively high water vapor permeability, a front sheet having a pressure sensitive adhesive on a front surface thereof for facing a wound with the front sheet and adhesive having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, and an absorbent layer intermediate the front sheet and backing sheet having a plurality of openings in register with the apertures of the front sheet, with the openings of the layer being at least as large as the apertures of the front sheet.
Claims11
An absorbent dressing comprising:
- a transparent backing sheet having a relatively high water vapor permeability;
- a front sheet having a pressure sensitive adhesive on a front surface thereof for facing a wound, said front sheet and adhesive having a plurality of apertures in register extending therethrough;
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- an absorbent layer intermediate the front sheet and backing sheet having a plurality of openings in register with the apertures of the front sheet, with the openings of the layer being at least as large as the apertures of the front sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.