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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1979
Charles H Schaar, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
The Kendall Company, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A dressing composite comprising, a bandage comprising an elongated backing sheet having a back surface facing away from a patient after application of the bandage, a front surface facing toward the patient after application of the bandage, an absorbent pad located over the front surface of the backing sheet and intermediate opposed ends of the backing sheet, and an adhesive covering a substantial portion of the front surface of the backing sheet intermediate the pad and the opposed ends of the backing sheet. The dressing composite has a package comprising a front cover sheet extending the length of the bandage, and having a width greater than the width of the bandage backing sheet, with opposed side margins of the front cover sheet extending past opposed sides of the bandage, and an inner release surface releasably attached to the exposed adhesive of the bandage. The dressing composite has a back cover sheet extending the length of the bandage, and having a width greater than the width of the bandage backing sheet, with opposed side margins of the back cover sheet extending past opposed sides of the bandage, and an adhesive on a front surface of the back cover sheet with a portion of the adhesive being releasably attached to the back surface of the backing sheet, and a portion of the adhesive extending along the side margins on the front surface of the back cover sheet and being releasably attached to a release surface on the side margins of the facing inner surface of the front cover sheet. The front and back cover sheets are releasably attached together adjacent at least one end of the bandage.