US Patent Issued to PAUL HARTMANN on March 3 for "Superabsorbent wound dressing with silicone wound contact layer" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,519, issued on March 3, was assigned to PAUL HARTMANN AG (Heidenheim, Germany).

"Superabsorbent wound dressing with silicone wound contact layer" was invented by Fabien Merckel (StraBbourg, France) and Renaud Thiebaut (Chatenois, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wound dressing (10, 20) comprising a backing layer (11, 21), an absorbent pad (12, 22), and a wound contact layer (13, 23), the absorbent pad (12, 22) having an absorbent core (15, 25) wherein the backing layer (11, 21) comprises a water vapour-permeable and substantially liquid-impermeable film material, wherein the wound contact layer (13, 23) comprises a layer of skin...