Patent ID: 6124520
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A self adherent window dressing comprising:a fabric tape layer having an adhesive side and an opposite non-adhesive side; said fabric tape layer having an opening therein to allow viewing therethrough;a skin adhering, gas permeable, liquid impermeable transparent film layer closing said opening in said fabric tape layer and having an adhesive side and an opposite non-adhesive side; said film layer adhesive side being adhered on the non-adhesive side of said fabric tape layer around said opening and on the surface of the skin on which it is mounted for maintaining normal skin function;a wicking fiber layer having an opening generally corresponding to said opening in said fabric tape layer, said fiber layer mounted on the adhesive side of said fabric tape layer such that said openings in said wicking fiber and fabric tape layers are in alignment and said fabric tape layer extends beyond the periphery of said wicking fiber layer; anda non-adherent porous film layer of a shape generally corresponding to the shape of said wicking fiber layer adhered to said wicking fiber layer.