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Assignee: Smith and Nephew Associated Companies Limited (GB2)


Location: Not specified.
No. of patents: 27

NumberTitleIssue Date
4863778Products, processes and use
The present invention is directed to an elastic apertured film which contains voids. The film comprises a blend of polyurethane and an incompatible polymer which forms a discrete phase within the matrix of polyurethane. The film is in the form of a net. T...
09/05/1989
4860737Wound dressing, manufacture and use
A low adherency wound dressing which comprises a wound facing layer, an intermediate absorbent layer and an outer layer wherein the wound facing layer comprises a conformable net of elastomer, the intermediate absorbent layer comprises a conformable open ...
08/29/1989
4846829Protective devices and methods
A pad for protecting female undergarments from light vaginal discharges is described in which pad a body liquid impermeable layer of pressure sensitive adhesive serves to prevent transmission of body liquids through the pad and also serves to adhere the p...
07/11/1989
4844983Coated articles and methods for the preparation thereof
Glass or plastics substrates which in use are susceptible to misting and which have on at least one surface thereof an antimist coating. The coating is formed from a hydrophilic polymer which comprises a hydrophilic polyurethane which contains from 35 to ...
07/04/1989
4798201Surgical adhesive dressing
A surgical dressing is described which consists essentially of a film which carries an adhesive layer for securing the dressing to the body characterized in that (a) the film is continuous and comprises a polymer which in contact with water has a higher M...
01/17/1989
4798604Contoured film
A water permeable, contoured, polymeric film which is apertured and which contains a pattern of raised areas. The film is formed from elastomeric polymer, preferably a blend of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer with incompatible polymer. The numbers of ape...
01/17/1989
4747401Surgical adhesive dressing
A surgical dressing which consists essentially of a film which carries an adhesive layer for securing the dressing to the body characterized in that (a) the film is continuous and comprises a polymer which in contact with water has a higher MVP than when ...
05/31/1988
4657006Surgical dressing
A moisture vapor permeable, adhesive surgical dressing is described which comprises a continuous film of a hydrophilic polymer which has a moisture vapor permeability which is greater when in contact with water than when not in contact with water and whic...
04/14/1987
4655202Bandages, components thereof and use
An orthopaedic bandage is described which comprises a support carrying a vinyl compound, which compound polymerizes when exposed to a water-activated vinyl polymerization catalyst. The vinyl compound is a hydrophilic prepolymer which contains more than on...
04/07/1987
4596738Polymer blend films
A moisture vapor transmitting elastomeric film which comprises a blend of incompatible polymers and contains voids characterized in that the blend comprises a continuous matrix of ethylene vinyl acetate within which the incompatible polymer forms a discre...
06/24/1986
4595001Surgical adhesive dressing
A surgical dressing which consists essentially of a film which carries an adhesive layer for securing the dressing to the body characterized in that (a) the film is continuous and comprises a polymer which in contact with water has a higher MVP than when ...
06/17/1986
4559938Adhesive dressing and components
A flexible film suitable for use in adhesive medical dressings which film comprises a blend of polymers characterized in that the blend comprises a continuous matrix of 1,2 polybutadiene and an incompatible polymer which forms a discrete particulate phase...
12/24/1985
4540408Applicators for pharmacologically active agents, their preparation and use
A disposable applicator for placing a pharmacologically active agent in contact with a moist body surface, especially the eye is in the form of an elongate strip disposed at one end of which is a soluble matrix element containing the pharmacologically act...
09/10/1985
4534355Electrochemical sensor employing a gas-permeable hydrophilic polyurethane membrane
A device for use in determining blood gas which employs a membrane of material permeable to blood gas to be determined characterized in that the membrane is hydrophilic polyurethane is described....
08/13/1985
4516571Medical device, its preparation and use
A device suitable for the prophylaxis of pressure sores which device comprises a gel retained within a flexible elastomeric envelope which envelope has a body contacting surface which is a film having a moisture vapor transmission rate of greater than 300...
05/14/1985
4504405Method of cleaning soft contact lenses
A substantially isotonic aqueous solution suitable for the cleaning of soft and gas permeable contact lenses which solution comprises a sterile aqueous solution of 0.01 to 2% of an ophthalmically acceptable non-ionic surface active agent, 0.0012 to 0.003%...
03/12/1985
4466431Dressings, manufacture and use
A dressing which comprises an ointment impregnated open-work support, having a protector on at least one face thereof characterized in that the protector is a film soluble in water, materials therefor and the manufacture thereof are described....
08/21/1984
4452845Moisture vapor transmitting film of polyurethane blended with an incompatible polymer
A moisture vapor transmitting film comprising a blend of polyurethane and an incompatible polymer characterized in that the incompatible polymer forms a discrete phase within a continuous matrix of polyurethane and that said film contains voids and proces...
06/05/1984
4451624Polymers, preparation and use
Polymers containing 55 to 90% of units of the formula (A): ##STR1## wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and 10 to 45% of units of the formula (B) and (C): ##STR2## wherein R2 is a hydroge...
05/29/1984
4438011Method for sterilizing soft contact lens
A substantially isotonic, aqueous solution suitable for the sterilization of soft contact lenses having small or no propensity to cause ocular irritation which solution comprises a sterile aqueous solution of 0.00125 to 0.0025% of a chlorhexidine salt and...
03/20/1984
4425346Pharmaceutical compositions
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions adapted for topical administration to the eye and to their preparation and use. More specifically this invention relates to anti-glaucoma ophthalmic compositions containing tetraazabicyclic comp...
01/10/1984
4425345Pharmaceutical composition containing triamterene
A sterile, non-irritant, non-toxic aqueous solution adapted for topical administration to the eye which contains 2,4,7-triamino-6-phenylpteridine rendered soluble by a solubilizing amount of a xanthine derivative. The composition may be used to treat ocul...
01/10/1984
4425344Compositions for the treatment of glaucoma containing triamterene
A sterile, non-irritant, non-toxic pharmaceutical composition adapted for topical administration to the eye which contains 2,4,7-triamino-6-phenylpteridine is described. The composition may be used to treat ocular hypertension and glaucoma....
01/10/1984
4421741Pharmaceutical compositions
An anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical composition is described which is adapted for topical application to the eye and contains as active principle a compound of formula ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof where R1 is a ch...
12/20/1983
4414970Elastic bandages
Moisture vapor transmitting elastic bandages which comprise an inner layer of fabric and an outer layer of fabric bonded to a central layer characterized in that the central layer comprises an elastomeric film are described....
11/15/1983
4379881Adhesive suitable for application to skin
An adhesive polyacrylate which has a K value of 90 to 110 and contains 16% to 62% of n-butyl acrylate residues, 80% to 34% of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate residues and 4% to 10% acrylic acid residues, solutions thereof, surgical adhesive sheet materials coated t...
04/12/1983
4349563Pharmaceutical compositions
An anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical composition is described which is adapted for topical application to the eye and contains as active principle a compound of formula ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof where R1 is a ch...
09/14/1982
 
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