First Aid Bandages Wihout Drug (With no drug, Adhesive bandages in a variety of different sizes and shapes )Identification. A medical adhesive tape or adhesive bandage is a device intended for medical purposes that consists of a strip of fabric material or plastic, coated on one side with an adhesive, and may include a pad of surgical dressing without a disinfectant. The device is used to cover and protect wounds, to hold together the skin edges of a wound, to support an injured part of the body, or to secure objects to the skin. This type of convenience kit, as listed in the guidance above, is under enforcement discretion, and does not require a premarket notification (510(k)) to market if it meets all criteria in the guidance.
A sterile piece of fabric or plastic material intended to be applied to a part of a patient's body and held in place by its pressure-sensitive adhesive to secure objects to the skin, cover and protect wounds, and/or approximate the skin edges of a wound; it may or may not include an absorbent pad. It is not intended for compression bandaging and is not an adhesive tape nor an adhesive strip (e.g., such as an Elastoplast or Band-aid brand). This is a single-use device.