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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2013
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
An-Min Jason Sung, Warren, NJ (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
We have disclosed dressing devices that combine the functions of coverage of a catheter insertion site, fluid handling capacity for the puncture site of a catheter, and fixation of the catheter. More specifically, we have disclosed dressing devices comprising a base, a pad, and a dressing film, and the devices possess antimicrobial properties. We further disclose a method of making the disclosed dressing devices, a kit comprising the disclosed dressing devices and a catheter fastener means, a method of installing the dressing devices on a patient's skin over an indwelling catheter, and a method of replacing the disclosed dressing devices.