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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Iain Webster, Osbaldwick, GB;
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew plc, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 2/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 2/46 ;
Abstract
There are described novel adhesives, which are capable of being “switched” form a tack to a non-tacky state. Such switchable adhesives are especially advantageous when used in medical dressings, and therefore, novel medical dressings comprising a switchable adhesive layer, a removable light occlusive layer and an intermediate transparent or translucent layer are also described.