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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:
Aug. 23, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tomas Fabo, Molnlycke, SE;
Assignee:
Molnlycke AB, Goteborg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ; A61L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604304 ; 602 48 ; 424446 ; 424447 ;
Abstract
A wound dressing for use with exuding wounds is provided comprising a porous hydrophobic layer adapted to directly contact the wound during use and an adjacent absorbent layer attached to said hydrophobic layer, said hydrophobic layer comprised of an elastic net-like porous reinforcing component substantially completely encapsulated by a soft and elastic hydrophobic gel while retaining the porosity of said reinforcing component, said hydrophobic layer thus including openings which permit wound exudate to pass through said hydrophobic layer to be absorbed by said outer absorbent layer.