The disclosure is directed to methods, systems, and apparatus for obtaining flame-perforated films which reduce or eliminate skewing of perforations in such films caused by thermal creep, whereby the film has perforations arranged to provide controlled tear characteristics, especially in both the lengthwise or machine direction (MD), and the crosswise or transverse direction (TD).

A multi-layered thin film adhesive substrate is disclosed, comprising at least three coextensive layers and an adhesive layer. The thin film substrate is resilient, but remains flexible for accurate and smooth application, in uses such as securement of medical dressings and devices.

An adhesive article that remains securely bonded to a substrate until a stimulus is applied. The article may be embodied as an adhesive tape, a bandage, or as other articles. The stimulus may be a change in temperature or application of a reduction that causes a structure within the article to break, creak, or otherwise disrupt to expose the adhesive to a solvent, such as via a difference in Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) or by exposing the article to a glass transition temperature.

Provided is a medical tape that has a high effect of alleviating a persistent skin irritation during an application duration caused by a residual shrink force associated with a forming shrinkage.

A medical tape includes an elastic base member portion film-formed of a solution polymer and having an elastic function, a restoring force preserving portion having inelastic, flexible, and restorable functions, an adhesion portion having a function to apply and hold the elastic base member portion on a skin, and a release portion having a function to protect the adhesion portion. The restoring force preserving portion, the elastic base member portion, the adhesion portion, and the release portion are laminated in this order from an upper layer.

A wound closure treatment system includes a dressing member having an at least partially hard or rigid body, the body having a base portion and one or more wings extending upwardly from the base portion. The base portion has a top surface and a bottom surface. The dressing member is positionable atop a wound to be closed in a pressure application configuration where the bottom surface is adapted to apply pressure to the wound to help stop bleeding of the wound. The dressing member is also positionable atop the wound to be closed in a protection configuration where the top surface faces the wound in a manner where the dressing member protects the wound during healing. In one version, the wings are bendable relative to the base portion to cause the base portion to apply pressure to the wound. A method of using the wound closure treatment system is also disclosed.

Non-adhesive articles include an elastomeric layer, where the elastomeric layer has a plurality of cuts arrayed in a pattern. The cuts are gaps, but the gaps are not visible to the naked eye when the article is in an unstressed state, and in a stressed state, at least some of the cuts become gaps that are visible to the naked eye. The gaps are perforations in the elastomeric layer and are apertures through which one can view through the elastomeric layer. The perforations indicate the presence of stress in the article, and the elastomeric layer has a lower effective modulus of elasticity in at least one axis than an identical elastomeric layer without the plurality of cuts.

Catheter securement systems, kits, and methods. The catheter securement systems include a base article that can be coupled to skin, and a coupling article having an anchor section and one or more legs configured to secure a catheter to the base article. The base article and the coupling article are configured to secure the catheter to the base article while allowing for removal and re-attachment of the catheter and the coupling article between two or more base articles attached to a patient while the base articles remain attached to the patient, or for repositioning of the catheter and coupling article on the same base article. Base articles can remain in position on the skin until it becomes necessary to change the base article or the catheter is removed from the patient. Catheter securement systems can be provided as a kit.

Disclosed herein is a dispenser for adhesive fabrics or tapes, such as bandages or other adhesive medical fabrics or correction tapes. The dispenser has a case in which a supply reel and a take-up reel are mounted. A belt having adhesive fabrics or tapes thereon extends from the supply reel through one or more openings to the exterior of the case, and thence to a take-up reel. The supply reel and the take-up reel are coupled so that the belt is wrapped around the take-up reel as it is unwound from the supply reel and advances to move an adhesive fabric or tape to the exterior of the case for dispensing. The dispenser may optionally have an activation device that allows a user to extend a portion of an adhesive fabric outside the dispenser and dispense and apply the adhesive fabric to a human skin with one hand.

A thermal reflective layer provided either separately or in combination with a wound dressing is provided. The wound dressing typically includes a top layer, and a bottom layer on an opposite side of the wound dressing from the top layer. The thermal reflective layer is positioned between the top and bottom layers and is formed of a plurality of thermal reflecting domes arranged in an array configuration with apexes of each dome oriented toward the bottom layer of the wound dressing facing the wound upon which the wound dressing is configured for placement. This configuration reflects body heat back on to the wound when the wound dressing is in place, and more rapidly increases the wound surface to a physiologically optimum healing temperature more rapidly than other conventional wound dressings, which improves the facilitation of wound healing. The configuration also enables wound visualization, and required wound piercing procedures.

A cannulated tube protector comprising a main body, a first pair of securing members extending from the main body, a second pair of securing members extending from the main body, and a splinting member comprising a viewing door. The viewing door is structured to open thereby exposing a viewing aperture, defined as a doorway. The doorway extends from a first surface of the main body to an opposing second surface of the main body.