Patent ID: 6350339
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for continuously packaging an individual wound dressing cut from a continuous wound dressing product web within a package top and package bottom, the method comprising:(a) continuously supplying a first continuous web at a first non-intermittent feed rate to provide the package bottom, (b) cutting the continuous wound dressing product web into an individual wound dressing and continuously feeding at a second non-intermittent feed rate the wound dressing directly onto the first continuous web and laying the wound dressing onto the first continuous web, wherein the first feed rate is greater than the second feed rate and provides for successive cut wound dressings to be spaced from each other along the direction of travel of the first continuous web, (c) continuously applying a second continuous web at a third non-intermittent feed rate onto the wound dressing and the first continuous web to provide the package top, (d) continuously sealing the first and second continuous webs on at least three sides surrounding one wound dressing at two sealing stations while the continuous webs are moving at the first and third feed rates to form the package, and (e) continuously severing the sealed continuous webs in the space between two successive wound dressings to provide a package containing an individual wound dressing which is sealed on at least three sides of the product while the sealed continuous webs are moving at the first and third feed rates, wherein the wound dressing can be removed from the sealed package after the package is opened without damaging the product.