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US 6,486,378 B1Granted
Wound dressing
AssigneeMölnlycke Health Care AB
InventorsStefan Areskoug, Bengt W. Lindquist, Staffan Kuuse
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Abstract
A wound dressing includes an hydrophilic foam layer which is coated with a liquid-permeabe adhesive layer on one side. The dressing includes an absorbent layer disposed on the foam layer on the side opposite to the adhesive coating, wherein absorbent layer is able to drain the foam layer through the action of capillary forces, and wherein the dressing further includes elements that ensure effective contact between the absorbent layer and the foam layer.
Claims4
A wound dressing comprising:
- an hydrophilic foam layer;
- a liquid-permeable adhesive coating on one side of the foam layer;
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- an absorbent layer disposed on the foam layer on the side opposite to the adhesive coating,
- wherein said absorbent layer is able to drain the foam layer through the action of capillary forces, and
- further comprising means that ensure a good contact between the absorbent layer and the foam layer,
- wherein the hydrophilic foam layer has a thickness of 2 mm at the most and the cells in the foam layer have a mean size of 300-500 μm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.