Wound dressing garment

A method of forming a wound dressing garment that adheres to the skin of the wearer and directly contacts a skin wound to promote healing of the skin wound, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) forming a structure layer of a pliable material to envelope a body portion including an external skin wound to dress that wound and promote healing, the structure layer including an inner surface that faces generally toward the skin of the wearer when the garment is worn on the body and first, second, third and fourth edge portions, wherein at least the first and second edge portions are securable to each other to provide a partial enclosure suitable for enveloping said body portion;
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• (b) coupling to the structure layer a self-adhesive gel layer suitable for directly contacting said external skin wound to promote said healing, wherein said gel layer serves as said inner surface and forms an interior surface of the garment and said gel layer is separable from said structure layer along at least one of the third and fourth edge portions of said structure layer, such that edge portions of said gel layer and the third and fourth edge portions of said structure layer are independently overlappable, and, when the edge portions of said gel layer are overlapped and the third and fourth edge portions of said structure layer are secured to each other in an overlapped fashion, both the third and fourth edge portions of said structure layer overlay the edge portions of said gel layer.

A method of treating a wound on the skin of a body by applying to the wound a wound dressing garment comprising:

• a pliable structure layer including at least first and second edge portions securable to each other to provide a partial enclosure;
• and a self-adhesive gel layer coupled to the structure layer to serve as an inner structure layer surface and form an interior surface of the garment, the gel layer being separable from the structure layer along at least one of the first and second edge portions such that edge portions of said gel layer and the first and second edge portions of said structure layer are independently overlappable, the method comprising the steps of:
• (a) dressing the wound by enveloping with the wound dressing garment a portion of the body on which an external skin wound is present;
• (b) bringing the gel layer into direct contact with the external skin wound and skin surrounding the wound, the gel layer adhering to the skin surrounding the wound, thereby securing the wound dressing garment to the portion of the body and promoting healing of the wound;
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• (c) overlapping edge portions of the gel layer and securing the first and second edge portions of the structure layer to each other in an overlapped fashion such that the first and second edge portions of the structure layer overlay edge portions of the gel layer.

A wound dressing garment for promoting the healing of skin wounds, comprising:

• a structure layer formed of a pliable material to envelope a body portion including an external skin wound to dress that wound and promote healing, said structure layer including an inner surface that faces generally toward the skin of the wearer when the garment is worn on the body and at least first and second edge portions that are securable to each other to provide a partial enclosure suitable for enveloping said body portion;
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• a self-adhesive gel layer suitable for directly contacting said external skin wound to promote said healing, said gel layer being coupled to said structure layer and serving as said inner surface to form an interior surface of the garment;
• wherein said gel layer is separable from said structure layer along at least one of the first and second edge portions of said structure layer, such that edge portions of said gel layer and the first and second edge portions of said structure layer are independently overlappable and, when the edge portions of said gel layer are overlapped and the first and second edge portions of said structure layer are secured to each other in an overlapped fashion, both the first and second edge portions of said structure layer overlay the edge portions of said gel layer.

A method of forming a wound dressing garment that adheres to the skin of the wearer and directly contacts a skin wound to promote healing of the skin wound, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) forming a structure layer of a pliable material to envelope a body portion including an external skin wound to dress that wound and promote healing, the structure layer including an inner surface that faces generally toward the skin of the wearer when the garment is worn on the body and first and second edge portions that are securable to each other to provide a partial enclosure suitable for enveloping said body portion;
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• (b) coupling to the structure layer a self-adhesive gel layer suitable for directly contacting said external skin wound to promote said healing, wherein said gel layer serves as said inner surface and forms an interior surface of the garment and said gel layer is separable from said structure layer along at least one of the first and second edge portions of said structure layer, such that edge portions of said gel layer and the first and second edge portions of said structure layer are independently overlappable and, when the edge portions of said gel layer are overlapped and the first and second edge portions of said structure layer are secured to each other in an overlapped fashion, both the first and second edge portions of said structure layer overlay the edge portions of said gel layer.