US 11,986,377 B2
Re-closable wound dressing
Geof Clippert, St Charles, IL (US)
Filed by Geof Clippert, St Charles, IL (US)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/316,071.
Application 17/316,071 is a continuation of application No. 16/960,860, granted, now 11,000,419, previously published as PCT/US2019/069168, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,681, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,753, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/865,657, filed on Jun. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,943, filed on Dec. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/786,975, filed on Dec. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267808 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/0246 (2024.01); A61L 15/24 (2006.01); A61L 15/58 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/0253 (2013.01) [A61L 15/24 (2013.01); A61L 15/58 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A re-closable wound dressing comprising:
a base layer operable to be attached to a skin of a patient, the base layer forming a pre-fabricated aperture through which a wound of the patient is accessible;
a cover layer configured to overlay the pre-fabricated aperture formed in the base layer, wherein the cover layer includes a tab layer positioned between a top film and an adhesive layer, and a tab adhesive layer positioned between the tab layer and the top film.
 
17. A method of manufacturing a wound dressing comprising:
providing a base film;
forming an aperture in the base film;
forming a cover layer, the forming of the cover layer comprising:
providing a tab layer adhered between a top film and a top film adhesive layer by a tab film adhesive layer;
permanently adhering at least a portion of the cover layer to the base film; and
releasably adhering at least a portion of the cover layer to the base film.