Patent ID: 6841715
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A self adherent dermal wound window dressing for the protection of an indwelling catheter access site, and which provides the simultaneous absorption and continuous mitigation of moisture vapor, visualization of the skin/cannula exit point and mechanical securement of the indwelling catheter, the window dressing comprising: a fabric tape layer having an adhesive skin adhering side and an opposite non-adhesive side; said fabric tape layer having an opening therein to allow viewing therethrough; a semipermeable transparent film layer closing said opening in said fabric tape layer and having an adhesive skin adhering side and an opposite non-adhesive side; said film layer non-adhesive side being adhered on the adhesive side of said fabric layer around said opening such that said fabric layer extends beyond the periphery of said transparent film layer; and an absorbent fiber layer having an opening generally corresponding to said opening in said fabric tape layer, said fiber layer being mounted on the adhesive skin adhering side of said transparent film layer such that said openings in said absorbent fiber and fabric tape layers are in alignment and said transparent film layer extends beyond the periphery of said absorbent fiber layer.