Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Skin laceration or wound cover
Patent
1997-04-04
1998-11-10
Dvorak, Linda C. M.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Skin laceration or wound cover
602 49, 602 59, 604304, A61F 1500, A61F 1300
Patent
active
058336427
ABSTRACT:
A product suitable for absorbing wound exudate comprising a series of interconnected square or rectangular perforated bags made of a substance of maximum thickness 1 mm e.g. film, which is substantially non-adherent to a wound, wherein alginic acid or a salt thereof such as calcium alginate is housed in the bags, preferably in the form of small spheres. The film preferably comprises ethylene/methyl acrylate copolymer. Alternatively, the product comprises a string along which beads of alginic acid or alginate are threaded.
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McCabe John P.
Stevens Peter J.
Dvorak Linda C. M.
Farmer Andrew C.
Johnson & Johnson Medical Inc.
Lee Kim M.
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