IMPROVED ADHESIVE BANDAGE OR TAPE

摘要

This invention is a water resistant (10), flexible, dermal adhesive (14) product for conformable topical application to human skin (20), the dermal adhesive product comprising a backing sheet (10) having an adhesive for removably adhering the sheet to the skin (14), wherein the adhesive is a highly cross linked pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising the polymerization reaction product of about 75 % to about 95 % of a mixture of at least two alkyl acrylate or methacrylate esters, about 1 % to about 10 % ethylenic unsaturated carboxylic acid, about 10 % to about 20 % of vinyl lactim, by dry weight of solids, preferably about 80 % to about 90 % of a mixture of at least two alkyl acrylate or methacrylate esters, about 2 % to about 5 % ethylenic unsaturated carboxylic acid, and about 10 % to about 20 % vinyl lactam, by dry weight of solids.