Patent ID: 11969159
Assignee: GSQUARED MEDICAL LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 1:
2. An adhesive retractor comprising a unitary, flexible,
stretchable, air-permeable fabric layer and a substantially non-stretchable backing layer adhered to the fabric layer by a gel-type adhesive applied to a bottom surface of the fabric layer; the fabric layer being a woven, non-woven or spun laced fabric; whereby in use the fabric layer is applied by means of the gel adhesive directly to excess or redundant tissue of a patient to maintain the excess or redundant tissue in a retracted position, whereby forces generated by the weight of the excess or redundant tissue are transferred through the gel adhesive to the fabric layer, such that the gel substantially protects the dermis of the patient from sheer forces generated by the weight of the excess or redundant tissue being evenly distributed to the dermis of the patient, the fabric layer being of a size sufficient to retain the excess or redundant tissue away from the incision or other existing wound during healing of the incision or other wound.