US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Oct. 27 for "Medical tapes with high optical clarity when over-taped" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,353, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Eagan, Minn.).

"Medical tapes with high optical clarity when over-taped" was invented by Audrey A. Sherman (Woodbury, Minn.) and John J. Rogers (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical tapes include an optically transparent tape backing and an optically transparent adhesive layer, typically a pressure sensitive adhesive, disposed on the backing The tape is optically transparent and has a moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of at least 250 g/m2/24 hrs/37deg C./100-10% RH using the inverted cup method. The tape remains optically transparen...