Abstract: A composite strip material comprising at least a backing layer, an adhesive layer on a surface thereof, and a removable protective layer over and contacting and peelably adherent to at least part of the adhesive layer; wherein each layer is finger-tearable and wherein at least one layer is cleanly finger-tearable from any point along its length in a predetermined transverse direction, thereby to influence and facilitate transverse tear of any other layers present in a like cleanly finger-tearable manner to provide clearly defined separate units of any desired size.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making a water vapor permeable pressure sensitive adhesive material which comprises forming on a surface which is poorly wettable (or non-wettable) by water, a continuous coating of an aqueous emulsion based pressure sensitive adhesive having dispersed therein a water immiscible organic liquid which is more volatile than water and which does not break the emulsion; leaving the coating at room temperature until pores develop and reach a size such that the material when dried will have a water vapor permeability of from 2000 to 10,000 units as hereinafter defined; drying the coating at a higher temperature and transferring the adhesive mass to a water vapor permeable backing material. The pressure sensitive adhesive material finds use in the medical and surgical fields and especially in first-aid dressings and tapes.