Abstract: A surgical dressing is disclosed which is composed of a polymeric film having a moisture vapor transmission rate between 15 and 80 grams per 100 sq. inches per 24 hours. There is an adhesive around the periphery on the lower surface of the film and a series of apertures through the film of the adhesive. There is an absorbent pad on the upper surface of the film secured in place by a fibrous covering material. The fibrous covering material is adhesively coated and is of the same dimensions as the film so that it may be removed without lifting the film from the skin of the patient.

Abstract: The invention is generally accomplished by providing a pad that has an impermeable backing member, an overlaying permeable member and an absorbent coform layer therebetween. The pad is provided with a quilted pattern by permanent adhering compression of the pad in narrow areas, forming a lined pattern. The pad further may be heated to shrink the coform and provide a pleasing puckered surface.

Abstract: An adapter for enabling use with bags or bottles of an intravenous administration set having a proximal syringe venting connector with an air cannula. The adapter has a hollow body with threads for engaging the connector, and a spike for piercing an I.V. container, the spike having spaced fluid paths one of which is adapted to receive the connector air cannula.

Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive membrane and its cooperating, protective, underlying coated release paper are provided with retaining means and the membrane and paper layer are then formed into and maintained as a substantially cylindrical, rolled configuration, creating a unique easily handled, readily employable membrane dispensing assembly. In one embodiment, the retaining means comprises an adhesive which is applied to the non-release coated surface of the paper layer, thereby assuring maintenance of the rolled configuration while enhancing the deployability and the efficacy of the membrane. In another embodiment, a retaining band is affixed about the cylindrical, rolled pressure sensitive adhesive membrane in order to maintain the membrane in the desired rolled configuration.

Abstract: A disposable diaper having elasticized waterproof crotch seals formed from waterproof elastic strips secured to the backing sheet and the absorbent pad and under such tension as to eliminate transverse pleats in the crotch area while minimizing the size of the crotch seals about the legs of an infant.

Abstract: An adhesive surgical dressing with an antimicrobial agent in the adhesive is disclosed. The antimicrobial agent is a salt of polyhexamethylene biguanide and is applied to the surface of the adhesive to a depth of not more than 50% of the thickness of the adhesive.

Abstract: An elastic fastener for diapers.It comprises an extensible central part and two non-stretching lateral parts. The two lateral parts are integral with a support band provided with a precut line which will be ruptured at the time of use.Fastening clothing, underwear, in particular infant's diapers.

Abstract: A tampon for feminine hygiene consists of a cylindrically-compressed length of a strip of cottonwool or rayon staple or a combination thereof which is wrapped with an overlap in a fluff-free or fuzz free covering material, said strip being cut into the required lengths together with the covering material perpendicularly to the overlap line, and a recovery thread attached to the length of a strip of cottonwool or rayon staple or a combination thereof. The problem which the invention solves is to prevent fibers from breaking loose from the exposed cut edges. According to the invention, the exposed cut edges are folded onto the surface of the length of a strip of cottonwool or rayon staple or a combination thereof after it has been separated and compression is carried out in such a way that the exposed cut edges are situated inside the tampon.

Abstract: A method for dressing wounds to prevent adherence of the covering dressing to the wound includes applying a surfacing barrier (20) as an interpositional material between the wound and covering dressing. The barrier is an extruded, nonwoven polymeric material permeable to blood and serum and having an air permeability between about 300 and about 1140 ft..sup.3 /min./ft..sup.2 and a thickness of between about 0.5 mils to about 3.0 mils. The barrier is positioned over the wound and surrounding area and conformed to the shape of the body being treated. The covering dressing is then applied over the barrier.

Abstract: Disposable diapers provided with breathable leg cuffs. Disposable diapers comprise a topsheet, an absorbent element, and a backsheet. The leg cuff of a disposable diaper is that part of the diaper which fits about the wearer's leg. Extensions of the backsheet can be used to form cuffs which are frequently elasticized. In the present invention the cuffs are formed of a material which allows passage of vapor ("breathes") while tending to retard the passage of liquid. Apertured thermoplastic films are examples of such materials. Certain advantages accrue in cuffs which are permeable to vapor in their distal portions and impermeable in the portions adjacent the absorbent element. If the disposable diaper has a breathable backsheet, the cuffs are constructed to be more permeable to vapor per unit area in their breathable portions than is the backsheet.

Abstract: A surgical sponge comprises a bulbous jacket of at least two superimposed inside and outside lying separate cuts of about the same length, of which the outside cut consists of a gauze material, the superimposed cuts having their edge portions gathered together to form a constricted inturned tubular neck, a rubber ring disposed interiorly of the jacket and contracted onto the inturned neck.The inside lying cut includes of a soft flat fleece of high absorbency, whereby the sponge can be mechanically produced, and is completely homogeneous, soft and nestling and especially the rubber ring is upholstered at its outer side by the soft fleece material. The sponge is free of loose threads and lint and resistant even in moist condition.

Abstract: A sanitary napkin as provided with a multilayer absorbent, the top layer of which is designed to transfer fluid rapidly from the cover to secondary layers. The top layer contains at least 60% thermoplastic fiber and is oriented 90.degree. from the axis of deposition of the web from which it was derived.

Abstract: A disposable diaper in which the backing sheet is a porous, vapor-permeable, liquid-impermeable film made by mixing 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin with from 28 to 200 parts by weight of filler and from 10 to 70 parts by weight of a liquid or wax-like hydrocarbon polymer, molding the mixture to form a film and then stretching the film uniaxially or biaxially so that its dimension after stretching is more than 1.2 times as large as its dimension prior to stretching.

Abstract: A method of making a cottonwool tampon incorporating a recovery cord in which a length of cottonwool strip is wrapped in a fluff-free covering material without any accumulations of material or seams being necessary or being formed at the front end. According to the invention, a curtain of covering material is draped into the feed path of the length of cottonwool strip in such a way that, as the cottonwool strip advances, the covering material is folded around its leading edge and is applied to the upper and lower surfaces of the length of the cottonwool strip.

Abstract: A capsule for administration to a ruminant, comprises two body portions of magnesium or an alloy thereof, pivotally connected for movement between a relatively small cross-sectional configuration in which the capsule can be administered per os into the rumen, and a relatively larger cross-sectional configuration adopted within the rumen to resist regurgitation. The pivotal connection between the body portions is provided by a resiliently flexible material such as rubber or silicone made electrically conductive by means of a matrix of conductive particles, for example carbon particles. The flexible material at least partially covers a surface of each body portion. When the capsule is in the rumen the conductive particles act as a cathode and the body portions as anodes.

Abstract: A cover is provided for a body fluid absorbing product which has a pattern of depressed and undepressed areas imposed on its exterior surface, which pattern presents a highly visible color contrast between the depressed and undepressed areas. The cover comprises a relatively light colored, relatively opaque outer cover having an interior layer of relatively dark color placed in face-to-face relationship with the interior surface of said outer cover and co-embossed.

Abstract: A sanitary napkin is provided which contains an absorbent core layer which is overlayed on its top and bottom surface with a secondary layer of reduced absorbency. The secondary layer has abutting faces adjacent each other on the bottom sides of the napkin. Adhesive is applied to a strip of nonwoven material which is positioned above the parallel faces of the bottom layer to maintain the napkin configuration.

Abstract: A thin adhesive coated film dressing is provided with the adhesive surface covered by a release paper in three sections to facilitate the application of the dressing to the wound site. The construction of the dressing provides for the center section of the release paper to be removed to expose the central adhesive area of the film. While gripping the film by the two end portions still covered by the release paper, the central portion of the dressing is applied to the wound site. Once the center section is secure, the end sections of the release papers are removed and application of the dressing completed.

Abstract: A means for attaching a perineal pad to a support garment so as to restrict the range of possible displacement of the pad while not transferring dynamic loads from the garment to the pad and being characterized by a tab secured to the garment side of the pad near one end of the longitudinal midline of the pad. The tab has adhesive on the pad side of its free end so that, in use, after the tab has been passed through a loop provided on the support garment the free end of the tab may be adhered to the garment side of the pad and thereby create a loop coupling between the pad and the garment.

Abstract: The invention refers to a compress for treatment of discharging wounds. The compress is soaked in a solution containing sodium chloride and is then dried. The dry compress is applied to the wound and is fixed with a bandage. The secretion of the wound is absorbed by the compress, thereby cleaning the wound and preventing crust formation. An antibacterial effect is also obtained. Sodium chloride and the zinc ion effect the wound bottom directly and stimulate the healing of the wound.