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1. A skin substitute, the skin substitute comprised of two layers of material,
the first layer of material comprised of a silicone membrane, the second layer comprised of a woven fabric, the two layers combined together with a combination means such that the two layers form a single structure, the preferred combination method is heating, the first layer possessing a plurality of slits in its surface, said slits made after the two layers are combined, said slits in a regular pattern, the regular pattern comprising alternating perpendicular orientation, both horizontal and vertical, said first layer and said second layer treated with a one or more medicinal or therapeutic substances, the porosity of said skin substitute minimized in the mode where no stretching tension is exerted on the skin substitute, the porosity of said skin substitute variable proportional to the amount of stretching tension and the direction in which said stretching tension is placed on the skin substitute. |