US 12,251,293 B2
Prophylactic dressing
Dennis Hansson, Gunnilse (SE); Karin Glasmästar, Hisings Backa (SE); Anna Grou, Gothenburg (SE); Conny Jakobsson, Lerum (SE); and Océane Lançon, Säve (SE)
Assigned to Mölnlycke Health Care AB, Mölndal (SE)
Appl. No. 16/770,148
Filed by Mölnlycke Health Care AB, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/084627
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 5, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/115645, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 17207749 (EP), filed on Dec. 15, 2017; and application No. 17207759 (EP), filed on Dec. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0383836 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 13/0203 (2024.01); A61F 5/34 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2024.01); A61F 13/0246 (2024.01); A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61L 15/24 (2006.01); A61L 15/26 (2006.01); A61L 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/0213 (2013.01) [A61F 5/34 (2013.01); A61F 13/0226 (2013.01); A61F 13/0246 (2013.01); A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61L 15/24 (2013.01); A61L 15/26 (2013.01); A61L 15/42 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00246 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00404 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical dressing configured to be applied on intact skin and configured to prevent an onset of a pressure ulcer during use, wherein the medical dressing has a first side and a second opposing side, wherein the first side has a skin-facing surface adapted to detachably adhere the medical dressing to a dermal surface; the medical dressing comprising a gel pad arranged between a backing layer and an adhesive body contact layer, wherein the adhesive body contact layer comprises the skin-facing surface of the first side, wherein the adhesive body contact layer comprises a silicone based adhesive,
wherein at least the backing layer extends beyond the periphery of the gel pad to define a border portion around a contour of the gel pad,
wherein a gel of the gel pad has a compressive strength of from 5 to 60 kPa at a strain of 50%, as measured according to a compression test, wherein the gel pad is configured to prevent the onset of the pressure ulcer during use,
wherein the gel pad, the backing layer, and the adhesive body contact layer are substantially transparent,
wherein the substantial transparency of the gel pad, the backing layer, and the adhesive body contact layer in combination with the compressive strength of the gel of the gel pad allows a caregiver to perform a blanching test through the medical dressing of an area of a subject covered by the gel pad, the backing layer, and the adhesive body contact layer during use.