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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:
May. 13, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald R Battles, Arden Hills, MN (US);
Eugene G Joseph, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Audrey S Huang, Arden Hills, MN (US);
John F Reed, North Oaks, MN (US);
Scott M Purrington, Maplewood, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442 60 ; 428354 ; 428903 ; 604339 ; 604344 ; 442151 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a medical tape comprising a highly conformable and deformable nonwoven web coated with an adhesive. The non-adhesive side of the web may be heat bonded to many different polymeric film materials and is particularly useful with ostomy pouch films. The present invention also provides ostomy bags comprising an elastic, breathable nonwoven based medical tape.