US 12,409,074 B2
Conformable dressing
Krystal J. Scheibel, Minneapolis, MN (US); Kristopher E. Hunter, Woodbury, MN (US); and Steven B. Heinecke, New Richmond, WI (US)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/599,059
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/052552
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/201879, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/827,400, filed on Apr. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0175585 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 13/02 (2024.01)
CPC A61F 13/0233 (2013.01) [A61F 13/0236 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dressing comprising:
a body layer including a first major surface comprising an adhesive, and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, the body layer defining a first perimeter portion;
a slot defined in the body layer by a second perimeter portion of the body layer and extending from the first perimeter portion, wherein the slot extends along a slot axis from the first perimeter portion, and wherein the slot is defined by a receiving end and a terminal end in the body layer; and
a first perforation set extending from the second perimeter portion at a location between the receiving end and the terminal end, wherein the first perforation set comprises:
a first perforation portion extending in a first direction and terminating at an end point before reaching the first perimeter portion;
a second perforation portion extending from the end point of the first perforation portion in a second direction different from the first direction.