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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Margaret A Frank, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Frank M Freeman, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
George Cherry, Oxford, GB;
Assignee:
E. R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128156 ; 128155 ; 128165 ; 604304 ;
Abstract
A novel two-piece wound dressing, providing protection during dressing changes to the delicate healing skin directly surrounding the wound, is provided according to the present invention. The dressing comprises a baseplate having an adhesive surface for contacting surrounding skin, and has an aperture extending completely through it over which a wound pad of a desired wound dressing material can be placed. Means are also provided for attaching the wound pad to the baseplate.