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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2003
Nancy L. Arnold, Andover, MN (US);
Jeffrey M. Stein, Waconia, MN (US);
Nancy L. Arnold, Andover, MN (US);
Jeffrey M. Stein, Waconia, MN (US);
GPT Glendale, Inc., Smithfield, RI (US);
Abstract
A disposable eye patch includes a first sheet member, a second sheet member smaller than the first sheet member, and an adhesive layer applied to one side of the first sheet member. One portion of the adhesive layer bonds the first and second sheet members together, and another portion of the adhesive layer adheres to the tissue surrounding an eye when the eye patch is applied to a patient. A release layer may be provided to cover the exposed portion of the adhesive layer, and may be peeled off prior to the use of the eye patch. The release layer and a plurality of eye patches may be provided in the form of a dispenser roll assembly. In a method of manufacturing the disposable eye patch, the first and second sheet members may both be formed from a sheet material having an adhesive layer, and then the first and second sheet members may be adhered together with the adhesive layer on one of the sheet members contacting the adhesive layer on the other one of the sheet members.