Patent ID: 6093465
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A61F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A medical film dressing comprising a dimensionally unstable flexible thin film presenting a front face and a rear face, the front face having an adhesive coating, a cover sheet covering said front face and in contact with said adhesive across substantially the entire area of the front face, said cover sheet being of a material which can be removed from the front face without substantially reducing the adhesiveness of the front face, a backing sheet detachably affixed over the whole of the rear face of said thin film and imparting dimensional stability to said thin film, and a flexible hinge in the form of a folded strip disposed along a peripheral edge of said thin film to conjoin said cover sheet and said backing sheet adjacent said edge, and extending around the corresponding edge of the thin film, and wherein a score line is formed in said cover sheet, the score line extending parallel to the edge of the dressing opposite the hinge and wherein a line of perforations extend through said thin film beneath said score line.