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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael D Delmore, Mounds View, MN (US);
Scott A Burton, Woodbury, MN (US);
Nicholas R Baumann, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442149 ; 428354 ; 442151 ; 602 44 ; 602 45 ; 602 46 ; 602 58 ; 602 76 ; 602 77 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a wound dressing 10 that is a porous, self-adhering elastic 14 bandage which may be compressively wrapped around a wound and which is capable of absorbing fluids and wound exudate. A preferred embodiment of the wound dressing 10 is a self-adhering elastic substrate 14 which does not adhere to clothing, hair or skin having a compressive force when extended that provides a therapeutic benefit and which is flexibly attached or fixed to an absorbent layer 12.