US 11,937,893 B2
Systems and methods for light deactivation and removal of light deactivated adhesive drapes
Timothy Mark Robinson, Wimborne (GB); Christopher Brian Locke, Bournemouth (GB); Justin Alexander Long, Lago Vista, TX (US); and Ashwatha Price, Wimborne (GB)
Assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/259,496
Filed by KCI LICENSING, INC., San Antonio, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/042321
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/018735, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/699,864, filed on Jul. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267705 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 46/00 (2016.01); A61B 46/20 (2016.01); C09J 7/30 (2018.01); C09J 7/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 46/20 (2016.02) [A61B 46/40 (2016.02); C09J 7/30 (2018.01); C09J 7/403 (2018.01); A61B 2046/205 (2016.02); C09J 2301/502 (2020.08)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light deactivated adhesive drape system configured to be coupled to tissue, the system comprising:
a drape comprising:
a photosensitive adhesive layer having at least one release agent, wherein the at least one release agent is configured to weaken a bond of the adhesive layer to the tissue upon exposure to at least one of a plurality of light wavelengths, and
an optical fiber mesh layer configured as a light pipe; and
a blocking layer configured to block the plurality of light wavelengths that activate the at least one release agent.