Windowed vein catheter dressing
First Claim
1. In a vein catheter dressing adapted to secure the housing of a vein catheter on a patient'"'"'s skin, wherein the dressing comprises a supporting foil (1), an adhesive layer (2) on the side of the foil (1) to be applied to the skin of the patient, a liquid absorbent pad (3) on a central part of said adhesive layer, said pad being adapted to be applied over the incision of the catheter and being substantially smaller than the supporting foil (1) and being spaced inwardly from the margins of the supporting foil, two release foils (7, 8) which before application of the dressing cover the adhesive layer (2) and the pad (3), and a slit that extends in a direction away from the pad through an edge of the dressing;
- the improvement comprising a window aperture in the supporting foil, said window aperture being disposed on only the side of the pad opposite the slit, and a layer of transparent material (5) covering said window aperture.
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Abstract
A vein catheter dressing comprising a supporting foil (1), an adhesive layer (2) on one side of the foil, a liquid-absorbent pad (3) placed centrally on the adhesive layer, the pad being considerably smaller than the supporting foil (1) and being preferably placed within or substantially within one-half of the supporting foil when the foil is divided transversely, and further comprises two release foils (8,9) over the adhesive layer and meeting over or in the vicinity of the pad (3), and a slit (6) which departs from one edge of the dressing and extends substantially up to the pad (3), optionally also through a part of the pad, wherein a window aperture is provided in the supporting foil and optionally also in the adhesive layer (2) in the vicinity of the pad on that side thereof which lies opposite the slit (6), this window aperture being covered with a layer of transparent material (5).
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11 Claims
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1. In a vein catheter dressing adapted to secure the housing of a vein catheter on a patient'"'"'s skin, wherein the dressing comprises a supporting foil (1), an adhesive layer (2) on the side of the foil (1) to be applied to the skin of the patient, a liquid absorbent pad (3) on a central part of said adhesive layer, said pad being adapted to be applied over the incision of the catheter and being substantially smaller than the supporting foil (1) and being spaced inwardly from the margins of the supporting foil, two release foils (7, 8) which before application of the dressing cover the adhesive layer (2) and the pad (3), and a slit that extends in a direction away from the pad through an edge of the dressing;
- the improvement comprising a window aperture in the supporting foil, said window aperture being disposed on only the side of the pad opposite the slit, and a layer of transparent material (5) covering said window aperture.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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