Patents Represented by Attorney C. A. Bates
  • Patent number: 5009224
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for treating a wound or attaching a device or article to the skin using a film of pressure sensitive adhesive having dispersed therein a discontinuous gaseous phase contained within voids in the adhesive. The adhesive is formed from the polymerization of a hydrophilic premix and exhibits high moisture vapor transmission and fluid absorbency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Susan M. Cole