Patent ID: 8834514
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: A61F,A61M,B29C,B29K,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A medical device comprising: a one-piece band of base material having opposite first and second side surfaces, the one-piece band resiliently biasing itself into a planar state; and an adhesive material coupled to at least a portion of the first side surface of the one-piece band for temporarily adhesively securing the one-piece band to a user's skin, wherein the one-piece band comprises: a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis that intersects the longitudinal axis, first and second lateral portions disposed on opposite sides of the lateral axis, the first and second lateral portions being mirror images of each other such that the one-piece band is symmetrical relative to the lateral axis, each of the first and second lateral portions including a central portion and first and second extending portions spaced apart from each other on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis by a cut-out portion and extending away from the central portion, each of the first and second extending portions including a perimeter edge defining at least a portion of a perimeter edge of the medical device, the first and second lateral portions further being contiguous with each other and having substantially continuous stiffness along the entirety of the longitudinal axis.