SKIN-CONTACTING HEATABLE DRESSING

摘要

A skin-contacting heatable dressing (100) including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (102) having a first skin-contacting side (116) and a second side (118); heat generating conductive carbon fibers (104) contained within the skin-contacting pressure sensitive adhesive layer (102); and a source of electrical energy (112) electrically connected to the carbon fibers (104). In one embodiment, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer (102) may include a transdermally absorbable medicament. In one embodiment, the dressing (100) may include a backing layer (106). In one embodiment, the source of electrical energy (112) may be a thin film battery, which may supplement or take the place of the backing layer (106).