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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:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Molnlycke Health Care AB, Goteborg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A wound dressing (,) comprising a layer of absorbent foam material (,) which includes a pattern of holes (,). The holes open out on that side of the foam material which lies proximal to the wearer's skin when the dressing (,) is worn, and the layer of foam material is coated with a layer (,) of skin-adhering hydrophobic gel, wherein those end parts of the walls of the holes in the foam material that lie proximal to the wearer's skin when the dressing is worn are gel coated. A method of producing such a dressing is also disclosed.