3M Medical Tape 4578, Extended Wear
A spunlace polyester nonwoven medical tape with acrylic adhesive, designed for applications needing extended wear time without a protective release liner in packaging. It supports dependable daily performance in clinical and procurement settings.
The 3M Medical Tape 4578 is a spunlace polyester nonwoven fabric tape supplied on a roll, built from a white spunlace polyester nonwoven backing coated with a pressure sensitive acrylic adhesive intended for longer wear applications. It was specifically designed for applications that require packaging the skin contact adhesive without a protective release liner while still retaining the adhesion needed for several weeks of wear time, which can simplify assembly for manufacturers building devices that are applied directly from packaging.
This construction suits wearable medical devices intended to stay on the skin for an extended period without needing a separate liner removal step during assembly or application. Medical device manufacturers producing long wear skin contact products, such as continuous monitoring sensors or ostomy related devices, select tapes like this for their combination of comfort, breathability and durable adhesion over multi week wear periods.
Distributors supplying medical device manufacturing operations stock this tape by the roll as a raw material component for ongoing production runs.
