The product, an adhesive patch laced with a numbing agent called lidocaine, was approved for pain caused by shingles, a viral infection that afflicts some 750,000 adults in the U.S. a year.
From the businessweek.com
The bonding agent can be injected, but will be harder to do if you use, say, an adhesive caulk.
From the timesunion.com
Instead of adding a releasing agent to the top surface of the tape, as is currently done, the developers have added a wetting agent to the side of the tape that carries the adhesive.
From the newscientist.com
Adhesive tape keeps the apligraf patch in place along with a portion of gel and a spongelike bandage containing silver, a natural antimicrobial agent.