3m Innovative Properties Company

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

3m Innovative Property Company

Joy A Packard

Scott D Pearson

Scott D Gullicks

Gerald E Mueller

Shaelyn D Crutchley

Thomas J Packard

Martin E Broen

Johannes Bayer

Wayne K Dunshee

Peter J Newbould

Gabriel F Zangari

Martin Eduardo Broen

Byron E Trotter

Pasquale Cirulli

Thomas A Turgeon

Alan P Dieken

Joel K Hagglund

Liana Victoria Palaikis

Edward J Moe

Thomas W Reeder

Sigurdur Thorsteinsson

Mauro Porcini

Valentina Tronconi

Paul A Martinson

Michael C Molinet

Jane E Harvey Pennaz

Rosario Donato De Salvo

Emily K Vanderheyden

Sandro Pizzi

Kenneth Scott Hanna

Robert A Asmus

Arthur V Lang

Nicolas A Echeverri

Jia Hu

Diane R Wolk

Ivana Babic

John W Frank

Floyd L Foslien

Kristopher W Clover

Lorenzo Ruggieri

Marcela S Iglesias

Lisa M Miller

Irina Hass

Jorge C Ceballos

Gary A Albrecht

Monica Dalla Riva

Kevin W Weber

Mary Jo Rossini

Jacob R Polingo

Katlyn J Myrvold

Beatrice C Etzold

Yin Chen

Emily K Vanderhyden

Tape dispenser

A hydrophilic, pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprising crosslinked poly(N-vinyl lactam), a swelling agent, and a modifying polymer in an amount sufficient to form a cohesive pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is provided. The composition is useful as a medical secural of percutaneous devices. The composition is also useful as a drug delivery device to deliver antimicrobial agents, pharmaceuticals or other active ingredients to or through skin. A method of preparation of the composition is also disclosed.

Adhesive compositions, articles incorporating same and methods of manufacture

An adhesive tape dispenser is provided that includes a lower housing () that includes a pivot post () substantially perpendicular to a back wall of the lower housing, a back plate () assembly that includes a push button () assembly, a tape unwind spool (), a lower pin (), an upper pin (), and a wedge () that is slideably engaged with the lower housing, and a blade assembly unit () that includes a cutter arm (). The cutter arm includes a cutting blade () and a semi-tubular opening () that slideably engages the pivot post () of the lower housing. The cutter arm also includes an outer edge that guides along the wedge and lifts the forward end of the cutter arm (that includes the cutting blade) when the back plate assembly is urged forward by pressing the push button assembly forward. When the push button assembly is urged rearward, a lever arm and a lever foot () engage the upper and lower pin () of the back plate assembly forcing the cutter arm to pivot so that the front of the cutter arm is forced downward allowing the cutting blade to cut the adhesive tape.

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Somerset, WI, United States of America

Joy A Packard