Patent ID: 7137968
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A transcutaneous device dressing for use with a transcutaneous medical device which has punctured the skin of a patient and which has a portion of the medical device protruding from the skin, comprising: a top and a bottom dressing, both being formed from a flexible material and having upper and lower surfaces, the lower surfaces being skin facing when the dressing in use; the bottom dressing having a slit formed therein extending from one edge inwardly to a termination point within the confines of the bottom dressing; an anti-microbial material provided without the use of adhesives at the upper and lower surfaces of the bottom dressing, and at least at the lower surface of the top dressing; whereby, in use, the bottom dressing is placed next to the skin, the slit allowing the bottom dressing to surround the puncture site such that the lower surface of the bottom dressing is in contact with the skin and the upper surface of the bottom dressing is in contact with a portion of the medical device protruding from the skin, and the top dressing is placed above the puncture site such that its lower surface is in contact with a portion of the medical device protruding from the skin, thereby exposing a portion of the medical device protruding from the skin from above and below to the anti-microbial activity of the anti-microbial material.