Patent ID: 7985195

Claim:
A dressing comprising an upper and lower layer, defining therebetween, a central tubular portion and spaced apart flaps, said tubular portion having an inner surface which is designed to receive a body part or plant part therein; and said upper layer having a top surface distal from said inner surface and said lower layer having a bottom surface distal to said inner surface and distal to said top surface; and securement means on the top surface of said spaced apart flaps, such that when said top surfaces of said spaced apart flaps are brought together, said securement means on the respective flaps mate with each other and secure said dressing in place so that the act of applying the dressing or removing the dressing is accomplished (a) without the application of pressure around or against the body part or plant part that would cut off blood flow to portions of the body part distal to the dressing once the dressing is applied to the body part and further wherein the dressing does not have skin-contacting-adhesive and/or (b) without said flaps being circumferentially adhered to said tubular portion.