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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Donald E Buglino, Butler, NJ (US);
Barry Constantine, Island Heights, NJ (US);
Joanne C Hudak, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Marjory A Kadash, Skillman, NJ (US);
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved wound dressing is provided according to the present invention. In a prefenred embodiment, the dressing comprises an absorbent layer including one or more absorbent and/or superabsorbent materials; a porous, non-stick layer or film larger in size than said absorbent layer and overlying, a wound-facing surface of the absorbent layer such that a portion of the non-stick layer extends beyond the length and width of the absorbent layer; a protective cover layer, which protective cover layer is larger in size than the absorbent layer but generally no greater in size than the non-stick layer; and a cohesive layer of an adhesive material generally being substantially the size and shape of the protective cover layer which is adhered to its non-wound-facing surface and having the absorbent layer and the extending portion of the non-stick layer adhered to its wound facing surface, whereby a substantially non-adherent dressing is provided.