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Occlusive wound dressing and applicator with same flexibility

  • US 5,713,842 A
  • Filed: 02/14/1994
  • Issued: 02/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wound dressing comprising:

  • a highly flexible thin film layer having a transverse axis;

    an adhesive layer provided on said flexible thin film layer; and

    a highly flexible release backing film layer releasably attached directly to said adhesive layer, said release backing layer being divided into at least two backing pieces, said backing pieces having substantially the same flexibility as said flexible thin film layer and attached directly to said adhesive layer, a first of said backing pieces releasably attached to said adhesive layer on one side of said transverse axis of said flexible thin film layer and a second of said backing pieces releasably attached to said adhesive layer on another side of said transverse axis of said flexible thin film layer, each of said backing pieces having a pull-tab attached thereto, each said pull-tab flexible film material having substantially the same flexibility as said flexible thin film layer, each said pull-tab extending away from said transverse axis of said flexible thin film layer.

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