US Patent 8025960 - Nanofiber adhesive for bandages

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This latest patent from Nanosys applies nanofiber coatings as an anti-bacterial dry adhesive for bandages. Claim 1 reads:

1. A bandage, comprising:

a flexible porous substrate having a plurality of apertures disposed therethrough, the porous substrate having an overall surface that includes an interior wall surface of the apertures and an exterior surface of the substrate; and

a plurality of nanofibers deposited upon or attached to at least a portion of the overall surface of the porous substrate, wherein at least a portion of the nanofibers are attached to or deposited upon the exterior surface of the substrate and at least a portion of the nanofibers are attached to the interior wall surface area of the plurality of apertures, whereby when the bandage is applied to a wound, the nanofibers attached to the exterior surface of the substrate provide adhesion to surface tissues adjacent to the wound or to an opposing side of the substrate.