Patent ID: 8674166
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of applying a dressing to skin, the method comprising: providing said dressing with a backing layer and an adhesive disposed on a proximal side of the backing layer, covering at least a part of the adhesive with a release liner, wherein said backing layer has a proximal side facing the skin during use and wherein said backing layer has a distal side facing away from the skin during use; removing a minor portion of the release liner and exposing adhesive on a first part of the dressing; adhering the adhesive of the first part of the dressing to the skin; folding a second part of the dressing about a folding line so that said distal side of the backing layer in the second part of the dressing faces the skin and said proximal side of said backing layer in the second part of the dressing faces away from the skin; pushing a tab of a remaining major portion of the release liner with only one hand from the folding line away from the first part of the dressing in a direction transverse to the folding line and removing the remaining major portion of the release liner from the adhesive on the second part of the dressing as the remaining major portion of the release liner is being pushed; and adhering the adhesive on the second part of the dressing to the skin by application of pressure of the only one hand onto the backing layer simultaneously with the pushing step.