Patent 9849270 was granted and assigned to 3M on December, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An adhesive composite dressing useful for applying an active ingredient to a treated skin site, as well as methods of manufacture and use of such dressings. In one embodiment, an adhesive composite dressing comprising an anchor member, a target member, and a folding member, where the anchor member comprises a first skin-contact adhesive, the target member comprises an opening adapted to enable skin treatment, the folding member comprises a drug reservoir, and where the folding member is attached to the anchor portion through a hinge defined by a line of attachment that is not contiguous with an edge of the anchor member.