Disclosure herein are protective bandage and methods of use and manufacture thereof. The protective bandages can include first and second flexible films and a shear-reducing element. The first flexible film may form a contact layer having a first side opposite a second side. The second flexible film may form a dome attached to and extending over a portion of the first side of the contact layer. The dome may have a height at least partially defined by a side wall and a top portion of the second flexible film. The contact layer may extend beneath the dome and the top portion being freely movable along the first side of the contact layer through a distance related to the height. The shear-reducing element is located inside the hollow dome.

In order to reduce a cost with a simple configuration, a covering article includes a liquid diffusive sheet having a property of diffusing absorbed liquid, a moisture-permeable film laminated on the liquid diffusive sheet, and a plurality of elastic members joined to at least one of the liquid diffusive sheet or the moisture-permeable film and arranged substantially in parallel. A pair of opposing side edges are joined such that the plurality of elastic members are substantially annular. The liquid diffusive sheet is positioned closer to a skin of a user than the moisture-permeable film when the user wears the covering article, and the substantially annular elastic members press a wearing site of the user.

In some embodiments, a wound therapy apparatus includes a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound, the wound dressing including a substantially stretchable wound contact layer supporting a plurality of electronic components and a plurality of electronic connections that connect at least some of the plurality of the electronic components. The wound contact layer can include a first plurality of flocked fibers positioned on a wound facing side of the wound contact layer, the first plurality of flocked fibers including soft material configured to cushion the wound contact layer when the wound dressing is positioned over the wound. The wound contact layer can include a second plurality of flocked fibers positioned on a non-wound facing side opposite the wound facing side.

The present invention relates to a multilayered wound dressing particularly for wound treatment in the granulation and epithelization phase. The wound dressing comprises a) a first layer as a wound contact layer having a first side and a second side, and b) at least one second layer as an absorbent layer having a first side and a second side and comprising a hydrophilic polyurethane foam, wherein the polyurethane foam comprises a water fraction of at least 10% by weight of water.

A pain-relief device for treating pain related to soft tissue injuries and nerve pain has a broken and at least partially interconnected, conductive layer made of metal particles which are screen printed on a flexible substrate. No attempt is made to electrically insulate any of the metal particles from adjacent particles. The device can be configured either as a pain-relief patch, or as a pain-relief temporary tattoo. Both the patch and the temporary tattoo are adhered to a patient's skin at a site of pain with a non-allergenic adhesive. The flexible substrate for the pain-relief patch is a polymeric material such as polyester-based thermoplastic polyurethane. The flexible substrate for the temporary tattoo is gum arabic coated decal paper that can be removed after the temporary tattoo is adhered to the patient's skin.

A tattoo aftercare assembly comprises an air-permeable transparent film such that the tattoo is visible through the film when applied thereto. The assembly further includes a carrier layer configured to be removable from the film. An adhesive is applied between the film and the carrier layer. A backing cover is positioned on an opposite side of the film than the carrier layer. The film and carrier layers are slightly narrower and shorter than the backing cover such that the backing cover is easily removable from the film. The film is configured for application over a newly-created tattoo for at least 12 hours, preferably up to 3 days.

Wound closure systems, kits comprising the elements of the system and the method of closing wounds using the system, said wound closure system comprising a liquid curable skin bonding adhesive component and a waterproof, natural and/or synthetic skin bonding film wound dressing or covering component.

The invention relates to an absorbent dressing comprising an adhesive silicone-coated side strip, which is particularly suitable for use in the care of chronic wounds, such as ulcers or eschars, or acute wounds, such as burns. The absorbent dressing includes a breathable impermeable substrate (4) and an absorbent non-woven fabric (6). The substrate is formed by assembling a continuous film (4a) and an openwork reinforcement that is coated with an adhesive silicone gel (4b) without blocking the openings in the reinforcement. A non-absorbent web (5) is secured to a complementary non-woven fabric (7), such as to encase the above-mentioned absorbent non-woven fabric (6) without being secured at any point to the latter. The encased absorbent non-woven fabric is subsequently assembled to the substrate (4) along part of said silicone-coated surface of the substrate.

In some embodiments, a wound therapy apparatus includes a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound, the wound dressing including a substantially stretchable wound contact layer supporting a plurality of electronic components and a plurality of electronic connections that connect at least some of the plurality of the electronic components. The wound contact layer can include a first plurality of flocked fibers positioned on a wound facing side of the wound contact layer, the first plurality of flocked fibers including soft material configured to cushion the wound contact layer when the wound dressing is positioned over the wound. The wound contact layer can include a second plurality of flocked fibers positioned on a non-wound facing side opposite the wound facing side.