An adhesive bandage is combined with temporary tattoos. When the bandage is removed with water, a temporary tattoo is transferred to the skin. In some embodiments, the adhesive bandage can comprise a base strip, an adhesive layer, a pad, a protective strip and a temporary tattoo assembly, further comprising of at least an ink layer and a release coating.

Devices, kits and methods described herein may include a dressing that is pre-strained and stored for a period of time after which the dressing is applied to the skin of a subject.

The present invention relates to surgical, medical or other anatomical dressings that may be applied to the human body. In particular, the invention relates to a dressing for concealing a structure (in particular, a stoma) on a human body, the dressing comprising a patch arranged to be placed on the body; wherein the patch has an indentation for receiving the structure so as to conceal the structure when the patch is placed on the body.

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to negative pressure treatment systems and wound dressing systems, apparatuses, and methods that may be used for the treatment of wounds. In particular, some embodiments are directed to improved wound dressings comprising an obscuring layer that may hide fluid contained therein. Some embodiments may further comprise one or more viewing windows disposed therethrough so as to enable monitoring or examination of fluids contained therein.

A dressing for applying pressure to a patient target site is provided. The dressing includes an elastic spacer longitudinally extending between first and second substrates. The elastic spacer is configured to be selectively moved between the first length and a second length. The second length is longer than the first length. A triggering element, when present, selectively maintains the elastic spacer at the second length and selectively prevents the elastic spacer from moving toward the first length. Portions of the triggering element are sequentially removable such that as each portion of the triggering element is removed, the elastic spacer sequentially moves from the second length toward the first length. The sequential movement of the elastic spacer from the second length toward the first length responsively urges the first and second substrates longitudinally toward one another to apply a predetermined amount of longitudinal force to the patient target site.

The base of this bandaging system is attached to the skin around a wound by adhesive and supports the edges of the lid, which covers the wound and can easily be removed and replaced or re-used many times to facilitate examining or treating the wound while the base remains in place The bandaging system has multiple embodiments to accommodate various situations. An embodiment with generally planar components is very simple but may cause vertical pressure on the skin near the wound when the lid is removed or attached. Such pressure is avoided by alternative embodiments in which the components have non-planar parts. Some embodiments have a hinge on an edge of the lid which allows the wound to be uncovered without detaching the lid. The components which latch lids to bases contribute to making the systems easy, quick, convenient, and comfortable to use.

A wound dressing product that includes a substrate layer having an upper surface and a lower surface; a tacky silicone coating composition present on the upper surface and on the lower surface; and upper and lower release sheets covering the substrate and the tacky silicone coating composition on the upper and lower surfaces, respectively, and adhered to the surfaces by the tacky silicone coating composition, wherein the upper surface is less tacky than the lower surface whereby the upper release sheet can be removed from the upper surface more readily than the lower release sheet can be removed from the lower surface. Also provided are methods for making such dressings.

Adhesive constructions include a mammalian skin surface and an adhesive article in contact with the mammalian skin. The adhesive article includes a substrate and an adhesive layer. The adhesive layer in contact with the mammalian skin is a microstructured surface with channels. At least one channel extends to at least one boundary of the adhesive layer. The microstructured surface is a permanently microstructured surface, such that the channels in the surface of the adhesive layer permit transport of fluid.

A release liner, for example for use with a tissue cover having a first adhesive and a second adhesive, may comprise a first release agent adapted for the first adhesive and a second release agent adapted for the second adhesive. Typically, the first release agent is different from the second release agent, and the first release agent may be configured to interact with a first area of the cover having the first adhesive, and the second release agent may be configured to interact with a second area of the cover having the second adhesive. In some embodiments, the release liner may be multi-layered, for example with a first layer comprising the first release agent and a second layer comprising the second release agent. Some such embodiments may have perforations through the second layer of the release liner, with the first layer then being disposed with respect to the second layer in such a way as to expose the first release agent through the perforations in the second layer.

There is provided a method for manufacturing a medical tape that has a high effect of alleviating a persistent skin irritation during an application duration caused by a residual shrink force.

A method for manufacturing a medical tape includes: applying a solution polymer serving as an elastic base member portion having an elastic function to an upper layer of a film-forming base portion having an inelastic function to form a film of the solution polymer; laminating an adhesion portion having a function to apply and hold the elastic base member portion to a skin on an upper layer of the elastic base member portion, and laminating a release portion having a function to protect the adhesion portion on an upper layer of the adhesion portion; peeling and removing the film-forming base portion from the elastic base member portion to obtain the elastic base member portion in a state where a residual shrink force generated by a forming shrinkage of the solution polymer is reduced and to obtain a three-layer structure consisting of the elastic base member portion, the adhesion portion, and the release portion; and laminating a support portion having a function to hold the elastic base member portion on the elastic base member portion of the three-layer structure.