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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mari Sakai, Okayama, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Gore-Tex, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424445 ; 424443 ; 128155 ; 128156 ;
Abstract
A wound dressing is provided comprising a layer of chitin affixed to a layer of porous, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The chitin may be laminated to the PTFE or it may penetrate into and be impregnated in the porous PTFE layer. The composite preferably has a pressure sensitive adhesive applied in a dot pattern on its surface to enable application and securing of the dressing over a wound.