Abstract: Pharmaceutical composition comprising (S)-N-ethyl-3-[1-dimethylamino)ethyl]-N-methyl-phenyl-carbamate in free base or acid addition salt form and an anti-oxidant. Said pharmaceutical compositions may be delivered to a patient using a transdermal delivery device.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical composition comprising (S)-N-ethyl-3-[1-dimethylamino)ethyl]-N-methyl-phenyl-carbamate in free base or acid addition salt form and an antioxidant. Said pharmaceutical compositions may be delivered to a patient using a transdermal delivery device.

Abstract: A kit for disposing of a contaminated I.V. needle and delivering adhesive wound dressings to a patient with preferably a single gloved hand includes an adhesive mounting substrate to attach the apparatus to an available surface. An adhesive needle sheath carrier extends from the base of the apparatus for securing a needle and needle sheath for disposal following use. To the base of the apparatus are releasably adhered a wound barrier and taping strips to aid in securing a catheter to a patient. Tabs are provided on the wound barrier and taping strips to facilitate their removal from the base of the apparatus. The apparatus allows a medical technician to insert a catheter into a patient and maintain pressure on the catheter at the wound site with one hand, while disposing of the contaminated needle and then securing the catheter with wound dressings, all with preferably a single gloved other hand, thereby reducing the incidence of infection or injury.

Abstract: A dressing comprising a main part and a handle part. The main part comprising an adhesive layer, a release liner and a carrier layer optionally covered by a protective layer. The handle part comprises at least one table member, said tab member being designed for use as a “non touch” grip for applying the dressing to the skin without touching the adhesive surface of the main part. The tab member comprises one or more layers and has at least one layer in common with the main part of the dressing. Further, the length of an intermediate zone between the handle part and the main part is less than 20% of the length of the periphery of the main part. Still further, the handle part may be provided with at least one additional layer. Finally, there may be provided at least one notch in an intermediate zone between the handle part and the main part of the dressing in order to facilitate removal of the tab member during or after applying the dressing.

Abstract: A medicated plaster includes a fabric base sheet, a medicated composition layer, and a waterproof isolating layer. The base sheet has an upper surface formed with an adhesive layer. The medicated composition layer is disposed above the adhesive layer, and has a medicated composition. The isolating layer is disposed between and is in contact with the adhesive layer and the medicated composition layer so as to prevent the medicated composition from contacting the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer has skin contact portions which are exposed on at least two opposite sides of the isolating layer. The protective layer is disposed on the medicated composition layer for covering the medicated composition layer.

Abstract: An assembly apparatus, preferably in the form of a package with a foldable reclosable cover, for dispensing adhesive backed articles. Such articles are singly packaged in a separable envelope having a bottom backing sheet that is attached by an anchoring region to the assembly apparatus and a top support sheet that is removable with the adhesive-backed article as a unit from the bottom backing sheet for application to a target area using the top support sheet as an applicator. The assembly apparatus can include a mounting hole and is disposable with the remaining bottom backing sheets when the last adhesive-backed article is dispensed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a patch comprising a matrix made of a material having self-adhesive properties to being applied to the skin. The patch includes a permeable structure completely embedded in said matrix close to its surface so as to modify the overall adhesive power thereof.

Abstract: A non-contact controllable heater wound covering and method having a peripheral sealing ring covered by a layer to which is attached a heater and this assembly is attached to the skin with an adhesive so that the heater is held proximate the wound area in a non-contact position. The layer and peripheral sealing ring together define a treatment volume proximate the wound. The wound covering includes a programmable active heater control and the sealing ring may dispense water to control the humidity of the treatment volume. One form of active heat is an electrical resistive filament in variable geometric shapes providing versatility in application of heat to different types of wounds and wound are geometries. Another form of active heat is the transfer of a heated gas to the wound covering.

Abstract: A guard for isolating patient skin from a medical appliance is formed from a nonwoven fiber web member soft nonadhesive material having a medication dispersed throughout the member. A continuous adhesive layer is attached to a planar surface of the nonwoven fiber web member suitable for attachment to a medical device so as to place the nonwoven fiber web member between the medical appliance and patient skin. The medication within the nonwoven fiber web member releases medicated powder to alleviate skin abrasion and chafing associated with prolonged contact with the medical appliance.

Abstract: The invention provides an individual package in combination with an absorbent interlabial device. The package has a longitudinal axis, a top portion, a bottom portion positioned oppositely to the top portion, a first surface and a second surface. The package may be folded about the longitudinal axis to form two halves or it may be formed from one more sheets fitted together to form the package. The package may be re-sealable. An absorbent interlabial device is positioned within the package. The absorbent interlabial device is readily retrievable from the package such that a user neither touches nor contaminates the absorbent portion of the absorbent interlabial device with any part of her hand prior to the use and in using the absorbent interlabial device.

Abstract: Adhesive bandages are prepared from an elastic backing material by decreasing the tension in the backing material just prior to attachment of the adhesive pad.

Abstract: A carrier delivered dressing is disclosed which has a conformable backing with a pressure sensitive adhesive coated on a bottom face and a low adhesion coating on a top face. The backing is supported during shipping and handling by a liner attached to the adhesive and a removable heat sealed carrier attached to the top face of the backing. The method according to the present invention discloses the steps of forming and optionally removing windows in a carrier material and nonpermanently heat sealing the carrier to the backing to form the dressings of the present invention.

Abstract: A fastening device has a support layer, an adhesive layer on one side of the support layer, and a removable liner on the adhesive layer opposite to the support layer, the support layer having an opening therethrough. The device facilitates securing of a catheter or like assembly to a patient. A preferred catheter assembly includes the fastening device, a needle, a cannula and a hub attached to the cannula.

Abstract: Combinations of medical adhesive composites, e.g., dressings, and a package in which the medical adhesive composites are attached to a release surface on the bottom sheet of the package are disclosed. The dressings may include a flexible backing and carrier. Methods of manufacturing and using the combination are also disclosed.

Abstract: A therapeutic mat for application to a person includes a relatively elastic substrate of a predetermined size, a hydrogel substance connected to the elastic substrate, and a plurality of microcrystals dispersed throughout the hydrogel substance. The therapeutic mat may further include retaining straps connectable to the elastic substrate and of a size and configuration to extend about the part of the body for supporting the therapeutic mat in a relatively fixed position.

Abstract: A layered mounting for removably retaining a bandage between two facing wrapping sheets. An inner wrapping sheet with adhesive edges is fixed to a backing board while the edges of an outer wrapping sheet engage the adhesive edges of the inner sheet. Between the two facing wrapping sheets are an application tab and a bandage. The application tab have a lower portion retained to the inner wrapping sheet and an upper removal portion with an opposite end tab. These application tab fit over and cover a conventional bandage having a center fluid absorbing pad and two adhesive adjacent side surfaces. A pull tab on the outer wrapper sheet when pulled is used to expose the retained application tab and bandage. The upper portion of the application tab and the bandage can be removed from the two wrappers and the bandage applied to the wound area skin of a user. After doing so, the upper portion of the application tab is discarded.

Abstract: A tab member (25), especially for use as a "non-touch" grip for applying a dressing (21) comprising an adhesive layer (23) and optionally a release line (24) to the skin without touching the adhesive layer (23). The tab member (25) comprises at least a first flap member (26) and a second flap member (27) being joined along one edge thereof so as to form a tab having a V-formed cross section substantially perpendicular to the line of conjunction. The combined thickness of the two flap members (26, 27) in the area of conjunction (28) is smaller than the thickness of a bent edge of the two flap members (26,27). This is a particular advantage while a decrease of the thickness of the area of conjunction (28) results in a decrease in the area of the adhesive (23) in front of the area of bending or conjunction (28), which may be subjected to air.

Abstract: A self adherent window dressing includes a fabric tape layer having an adhesive side and an opposite non-adhesive side. The fabric tape layer has an opening therein to allow viewing of a wound or injection site therethrough. A semipermeable transparent film layer closes the opening in the fabric tape layer. The transparent film layer has an adhesive side and an opposite non-adhesive side. The film layer adhesive side is adhered on the non-adhesive side of the fabric layer around the opening. An absorbent fiber layer having an opening generally corresponding to the opening in the fabric tape layer is mounted on the adhesive side of the fabric tape layer such that the openings in the absorbent fiber and fabric tape layers are in alignment and the fabric tape layer extends beyond the periphery of the absorbent fiber layer. A non-adherent porous film layer of a shape generally corresponding to the shape of the absorbent layer is adhered to the fiber layer.

Abstract: A packaged article including an adhesive-sided article, such as an adhesive bandage, a release paper facing the adhesive side thereof, and packaging top support and bottom backing sheets. The facing surfaces of the top support and bottom backing sheets peripherally surrounding the adhesive-sided article have cohesive surfaces. An adhesive strip, preferably a double-sided adhesive strip, attaches the non-adhesive side of the adhesive-sided article to the top support sheet. Relative strength adhesives and cohesives are employed so that the bottom sheet and top sheet is first separated to leave the top sheet and adhesive-sided article together. The top sheet is used as an applicator for placing the article onto a target surface, such as a patient's skin. The cohesive surface of the top sheet surrounding the article does not adhere to the target surface. At the time, however, the top sheet "pops up" from the article now adhered in place. The top sheet is then removed by breaking the bond of the adhesive strip.

Abstract: Ready-to-use bandage self-adhesively coated on one side for relieving and functionally restricting the elbow joint, having a substantially rectangular central part A which is at least partially inelastic in the transverse direction of the bandage and on which there are respectively arranged, directed upwards and downwards seen in the longitudinal direction, two elongate strips B, C, D and E.

Abstract: An arch supporter for providing padded support to an arch region of a user's foot. The arch supporter includes a flexible panel with a resiliently deformable pad upwardly extended from a top face of the panel. The top face of the panel also has an adhesive thereon to permit adhesion to a user's foot.

Abstract: A medical film dressing comprising a thin transparent film having a layer of skin adhesive on its front face, shielded before use by a removable cover sheet in contact which is in contact with the adhesive across the entire area of the front face, and a backing sheet detachably affixed over the whole of the rear face of said film. The dressing further comprises a flexible hinge in the form of a folded strip disposed along a peripheral edge of said thin film to conjoin said cover sheet and said backing sheet adjacent said edge, and extending around the corresponding edge of the thin film, and wherein a scoreline is formed in said cover sheet. The score line extends parallel to the edge of the dressing opposite the hinge and wherein the line of perforation extends through said thin film beneath said score line.

Abstract: A prepared kit according to the invention includes a plurality of pre-cut tape strips for securing a medical device such as a catheter, an intravenous needle, tubing, or a similar device to a patient's skin or to a support. Once a medical attendant has inserted a medical device into a patient's skin at an insertion site, the attendant secures the medical device to the patient's skin or to a support at a point spaced from the insertion site by engaging the medical device with a portion of each of the strips. Each of the strips has a biocompatible adhesive on one surface and a non-adhesive portion on the opposite surface, such that medical personnel are able to rapidly and effectively secure the medical device when putting the device into use. The kit can further include the following: a sterilized pad to provide protective padding for the patient's skin; an alcohol wipe for sterilizing the patient's skin prior to inserting the medical device; and a medical device such as an intravenous needle.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a plastisol film or foam tape laminate comprises providing a continuous liner; forming a release layer along the length of one side of the liner; depositing an adhesive onto the release layer; drying the adhesive; casting a liquid plastisol formulation onto the adhesive; fusing, and in the case of a foam tape, expanding the plastisol formulation to form a thermoplastic layer on the adhesive; and, winding the resulting tape laminate onto rolls.

Abstract: A healing pack for applying an epsom salts soak to body parts normally inaccessible to soaking includes a pliable, saucer shaped, foam cup containing a water soluble gel mixture of epsom salts and glycerin. When applied to sprains and contusions it functions the same as soaking in epsom salts and water.

Abstract: An external wound dressing having a cover which is reversibly movable to an open position exposing the wound from a closed position covering the wound thereby enabling selective viewing of the wound without removing the wound dressing from the individual.

Abstract: A non-stretching wound dressing is provided for use with a patient. The wound dressing includes a cover sheet having top and bottom sides, a thin film sheet formed on the bottom side of the cover sheet, the film sheet having first and second ends and an adhesive side, and a carrier sheet in adjacent contact with the adhesive side of the thin film sheet. The dressing also includes a first gripping tab attached to one end of the thin film sheet and disposed between the film sheet and the carrier sheet for separating the carrier sheet from the film sheet with the cover sheet remaining affixed to the film sheet. A second gripping tab is attached to the top side of the cover sheet and at one end of the cover sheet so that pulling on the second gripping tab releases the cover sheet from the film sheet with the film sheet remaining in place on the patient.

Abstract: A medical adhesive bandage and delivery system including a medical adhesive bandage and a package. The bandage has a backing, an adhesive on a first surface of the backing, and a pad proximate the first surface of the backing. At least one line of separation (for example, a line of perforations) is provided in the backing and the pad to facilitate selective manual separation of the bandage into more than one bandage. The package may include a release area or liner, with the adhesive on the medical adhesive bandage releasably adhered to the release area or liner. The package preferably tends to retain the bandage therein when the package is torn and the bandage is separated along a line of separation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a three layered wound dressing delivery system comprising a release layer, and adhesive layer, and a protective layer. The release layer is provided with a cut separating the release layer into two portions. A hinge strip is adhered to the protective layer and release layer along at least one of the lateral edges of their lateral edges.

Abstract: An occlusive dressing consisting essentially of a soft, pliant, fluid absorbent adhesive barrier layer, a thin elastomeric backing layer along one side of the barrier layer, and a removable release sheet covering the opposite skin-contacting surface of the barrier layer. The release sheet is divided into two immediately adjacent separable sections disposed along opposite sides of a predetermined line of separation. Each separable section includes an extended tab which projects outward beyond a perimeter of the skin-contacting surface of the barrier layer for permitting removal of the separable sections without touching or contaminating the exposed surface of the barrier layer. When the line of separation is defined by a series of alternating slits and connecting segments which normally hold the separable sections in contiguous relation, the extended tabs facilitate tearing the separable sections apart.

Abstract: An incise drape suitable for use in surgical procedures. The drape comprises a substantially transparent flexible film that has at least a portion of one major surface coated or covered with a pressure sensitive adhesive, and a two liners removably covering the adhesive. Each liner has a handle spaced from the opposite side edges of the film, and a body portion attached to the handle. The body portion of each liner extends along the adhesive from handle in the direction away from the other liner. The drape is repeatedly folded over from the opposite side edges of the film toward the handles so that the drape may be unfolded and the adhesive exposed by pulling the handles apart.

Abstract: A bandage encapsulated in a protective sterile covering is disclosed, whereby the bandage may be removed from its sterile covering and applied with one hand without contaminating any portion of the bandage. The apparatus and method to manufacture the unique bandage is also disclosed.

Abstract: An adhesive bandage includes a flexible planar abrasion resistant body having an outer face, an inner face, and a peripheral edge. A sterile pad is secured to the inner face of the abrasion resistant body. A covering of flexible material is secured to the outer face of the abrasion resistant body and extends past the abrasion resistant body to form wings. The wings have an adhesive coating whereby the wings may be adhered to human skin to maintain the sterile pad in position over a wound. The covering is attached to the abrasion resistant body immediately adjacent to the peripheral edge leaving an unsecured central portion of the covering extending across the second face of the abrasion resistant body. Rubbing results in movement of the unsecured central portion of the covering against the abrasion resistant body thereby insulating the sterile pad from movement due to said rubbing.

Abstract: A wound dressing is disclosed in which a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, preferably of a soft, pliant adhesive composition having one or more hydrocolloids dispersed therein, is backed by an elastomeric film and has its opposite (bodyside) surface covered by a removable primary release sheet and a release strip, with at least a portion of the release strip being interposed between the adhesive layer and the primary release sheet along one side edge of the dressing. The primary release sheet and the release strip have superposed or overlapping tab portions that project outwardly beyond a side edge portion of the dressing. In a preferred embodiment, the adhesive and backing layers are translucent and the release strip is visible therethrough by reason of sharp color or tonal contrast in relation to the primary release sheet.

Abstract: A bandage adapted to be wrapped around a knee has a first side covered with a pressure-sensitive adhesive. A "U"-shaped housing is secured to the adhesive and is aligned so that a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the housing is coincident with a longitudinal axis of symmetry of the bandage. A flexible and resilient "U"-shaped patellar support member of foam construction is housed within the housing and supports a patella from three sides when the bandage is properly applied with its longitudinal axis encircling the knee. A slit is formed in the housing so that the patellar support member can be removed from the housing for subsequent re-use with another bandage. The adhesive is covered by a peelable cover that is removed and discarded just prior to bandage use.

Abstract: A wound dressing delivery system is disclosed that includes a film which is to be applied to a patient's wound; a protective cover, which is adjacent to the film; an adhesive layer on one surface of the film; a tab located to one end of the adhesive layer; a release liner covering the adhesive layer and tab; and a tape which is used to connect the release liner with the protective cover. Additionally, a method of manufacturing a wound dressing delivery system is disclosed. The method of manufacturing includes the steps of casting a film onto a protective cover, coating the film with an adhesive layer, placing a tab on one end of the adhesive layer, placing a release liner over the adhesive layer, and connecting the release liner and the protective cover with a tape.

Abstract: To improve adhesive power to the skin without impairing excellent gas permeability and water vapor permeability when a laminate film comprising a film, a fiber fabric and an adhesive layer is sealed by heating at the same time in order to prevent an invasion of liquid from a side of the adhesive bandage.In an adhesive bandage comprising a base sheet made by laminating a film on a thermoplastic fiber fabric and an adhesive layer set on a surface of the thermoplastic fiber fabric of the base sheet, the adhesive bandage is pattern-sealed. The heat seal is preferably performed under the condition that the film does not melt but the thermoplastic fiber fabric melts, and only the periphery of the adhesive bandage may be pattern-sealed.

Abstract: A heat dressing for treatment of skin areas and comprising a heat generating unit and a liquid-absorbing adhesive layer which prior to use is coated with a strippable release layer. The adhesive layer is preferably of a hydrocolloidal material and may optionally contain one or more medicaments or be coated with alginate fibre mats. The heat generating unit generates heat preferably by means of galvanic or chemical energy, and the heat dressing may further comprise elements for controlling the heat development and/or the surface temperature.

Abstract: A thin film wound dressing is disclosed in which a thin, transparent, vapor-transmitting elastomeric film is coated along its underside with a suitable pressure-sensitive adhesive for securing the dressing to a patient's skin. Prior to use, the adhesive layer is protected by a removable release liner. The opposite (upper) surface of the film has a foraminous backing layer of flexible and stretchable material secured (preferably removably) thereto. The stretchable backing layer has a multiplicity of wide openings or foramina separated from each other by foam strip portions, and at least some of the strip portions preferably terminate in free ends along a peripheral edge of the film.

Abstract: An improved wound dressing is provided which comprises a backing layer bearing a reference marking, a hydrocolloid layer and a release layer. The hydrocolloid swells in use. This swelling can be seen or felt through the backing layer. When the swelling extends to or beyond the reference marking, the dressing should be changed to prevent leaking. Thus, the dressing can be left in place for as long as possible, but not so long as to damage the underlying skin.

Abstract: A thin film wound dressing is disclosed in which a thin, transparent, vapor-transmitting elastomeric film is coated along its underside with a suitable pressure-sensitive adhesive for securing the dressing to a patient's skin. Prior to use, the adhesive layer is protected by a removable release liner. The opposite (upper) surface of the film has a removable backing layer with a multiplicity of wide openings or foramina separated from each other by connecting strip portions, and at least some of the strip portions preferably terminate in free ends along a peripheral edge of the film.

Abstract: A sterile delivery system for delivering an adhesive strip or bandage with one hand. The bandage or strip is encapsulated in a protective sterile covering, whereby the bandage or strip may be removed from its sterile covering and applied with one hand without contaminating any portion of the bandage or strip. The delivery system may be manufactured from suitable thin films and may include a blocking member positioned between the strip and the protective sterile covering. The apparatus and method to manufacture the unique bandage or strip is also disclosed.

Abstract: A self adhesive bandage roll that unrolls and covers a wounds. The roll includes a carrier strip, a gauze pad strip that is disposed on the carrier strip, and a pair of release sheets of protective material that are releasably disposed on and peelable from the carrier strip.

Abstract: A hospital type of bandage integrates an absorbent pad and non-stick layer with a fluid-impermeable outer layer and an adhesive in a single composite structure. In a preferred embodiment the invention further includes means which may be used to turn the bandage inside out upon removal, so that surfaces once contacting a patient are no longer externally exposed. A bandage according to the invertible embodiment preferably includes a pocket formed on the side of the bandage facing away from the patient after application, this pocket being large enough to accommodate at least a portion of a human hand, and inside this pocket and located opposite the entrance is a means for grasping which may be pulled outwardly through pocket opening, thereby inverting the entire structure. Various forms of devices for grasping are possible as alternatives, including a string, a tab and a tab with one or more finger-receiving holes.

Abstract: A wound dressing is disclosed that is intended to be supplied to the user in generally planar condition and may then be easily shaped to conform with a joint surface, such as a heel or elbow, without forming wrinkles in that portion of the dressing overlying the wound and without causing potential leakage channels or gaps in the border portion of the dressing surrounding the wound. The dressing includes a layer of pliant adhesive material having particles of one or more water-absorbable and swellable hydrocolloids dispersed therein and a backing layer of a flexible (preferably elastomeric) material extending over one side of the adhesive layer. The dressing is contoured to provide a continuous border in which the adhesive layer has a thickness substantially less than in the central body portion of the dressing.

Abstract: A bandage has a central portion for application directly to a body wound and a plurality of adhesive tabs connected to and spaced around the central portion for adhesion to the body around and in spaced-apart relation to the wound. Each tab is capable of independent flexion. The bandage can be applied substantially without wrinkling to a wound administered to a convex, concave, or flexing body part, as well as to a wound administered to a body part that is flat and/or immobile. The bandage can be made to adhere reliably, despite any flexing or curvature of the body part.

Abstract: A perforated medical adhesive tape has a tape backing layer formed from flexible sheet material, e.g., plastic film, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer for bonding the adhesive tape to the skin of a patient. The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is flexible, deformable, elastic and has a permanently tacky surface. The backing layer has a planar outer surface with a multiplicity of upwardly extending protrusions, i.e., minute mounds which are upward deflections in the tape with corresponding upwardly extending, downwardly opening concavities or indentations in its lower surface below each of the protrusions. Each of the protrusions has a pierced opening located at its approximate center. The openings are elevated above the planar surface of the tape, and each opening extends through both the tape backing and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to facilitate the diffusion of air and moisture vapor through the tape. The tape is pierced with a multiplicity of heated needles, each having a tapered point.

Abstract: A ready-to-use bandage for supporting and partially fixing an elbow. The self-adhesive bandages comprise an elongated strip having two narrow strips formed by a longitudinal incision and terminating in a recess in the form of a triangle having a vertex located at the terminal end of the incision and a base transverse to the longitudinal direction of the bandage.

Abstract: A bandage encapsulated in a protective sterile covering is disclosed, whereby the bandage may be removed from its sterile covering and applied with one hand without contaminating any portion of the bandage. The apparatus and method to manufacture the unique bandage is also disclosed.

Abstract: A wound dressing comprising an absorbent layer (5) and absorbent layer retaining means wherein the absorbent layer retaining means comprises an adhesive annular foam flange (2).