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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1992
Hamzeh Karami, Mansfield, MA (US);
Thomas H Gilman, Mansfield, MA (US);
The Kendall Company, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A vented wound dressing is disclosed comprising a thin conformable sheet material at least a portion of the surface area of which is intended for placement as a dressing over a wound, which portion carries a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating on one surface thereof for adhering the dressing to skin, the coating being applied to provide repeating areas of the sheet material containing no adhesive, at least a portion of the repeating areas of no adhesive having slits extending through the thickness thereof to permit transfer of wound fluids through the sheet material unimpeded by presence of adhesive material which can clog the slits and thereby inhibit fluid transfer therethrough.