Patent ID: 9615976
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. A dressing for application to a wound on skin, the dressing comprising: a first member having an unrestrained shape, the unrestrained shape of the first member comprises at least a portion of the first member having a concavity relative to a surface of the skin such that a central portion of the first member in the unrestrained shape is closer to the surface of the skin than other portions of the first member in the unrestrained shape, the first member further having an adhesive disposed on a first surface; a second member for restraining the first member in a restrained shape different from the unrestrained shape, the second member being removably attached to the first member on a second surface of the first member, the second surface being different from the first surface; wherein removal of the second member from the first member after the first member is adhered to the skin causes the first member to change towards the unrestrained shape such that the portion of the first member having a concavity applies a normal force substantially perpendicular to the surface of the skin.