Patent ID: 6787680
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A highly absorbent wound dressing comprising:an upper occlusive layer impervious to biological and chemical agents such as, but not limited to: anthrax; tabun (o-ethyl dimethylamidophosphorylcyanide); sarin (isopropyl methylphosphonofluridate); soman (pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate); cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate; o-ethyl s-diisopropylaminomethyl methylphosphonothiolate; and mustard agents (bis-(2-chloroethyl) sulphide), a skin-contacting layer and at least one pad of alginate fibers removably enclosed there between, wherein the alginate fibers have an absorbency of at least 40 G of deionized water per gram of pad, and a border comprising a layer of uninterrupted pressure-sensitive adhesive around the skin contacting layer, thereby preventing the migration of bodily fluids past the dressing.