MEDICAL DRESSINGS WITH STIFFENING SYSTEMS

• Main Authors: Ingram, Zachary M, Plasencia, Alex S, Sherman, Audrey A, Plumb, Michael R, Gold, Anne C.F, Peterson, Donald G, Hitschmann, Guido, Guttmann, Silvia G.B, Fruchterman, Todd M, Muyres, Dawn V, Corrigan, Thomas R.J, Scheibel, Krystal J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.07.2022
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

Medical dressings including stiffening systems fixedly attached to backing layers are described herein along with methods of using the medical dressings. The stiffening system is fixedly secured to the backing to limit flexing and stretching of the backing layer. Typically, the medical dressing and...