Wound dressing and manufacturing method therefor
AssigneeMölnlycke Health Care AB
InventorsBengt W. Lindqvist, Stefan Areskoug, Thomas Fabo
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Abstract
A wound dressing (1) comprising a layer of absorbent foam material (2) which includes a pattern of holes (4). The holes open out on that side of the foam material which lies proximal to the wearer's skin when the dressing (1) is worn, and the layer of foam material is coated with a layer (3) of skin-adhering hydrophobic gel, wherein those end parts of the walls of the holes in the foam material that lie proximal to the wearer's skin when the dressing is worn are gel coated. A method of producing such a dressing is also disclosed.
Claims11
A wound dressing, comprising a composite element of absorbent foam material which includes a pattern of holes, said holes opening out on that side of the foam material that lies proximal to the skin of a wearer when the dressing is worn;
- said composite element of absorbent foam material being comprised of superimposed outer and inner layers of absorbent foam material, said outer layer having pores of a smaller size than the inner layer;
- said composite element of absorbent foam material being coated with a layer of a skin-adhering hydrophobic gel;
- and wherein the walls of the holes in said foam material are coated with the gel at those end parts of the holes that lie proximal to the wearer's skin when the dressing is worn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.