Self heat sealable packaging and a method for making same

The present invention is directed to saturants for fibrous webs. The present invention is further directed to saturated fibrous webs and methods for saturating such webs. The invention is further directed to packages or containers comprising the saturated webs and methods of manufacturing such packages. Such packages have particular utility for the medical field, including packaging for medical instruments and other devices that require sterilization. The invention is further directed to coatings used with the saturated webs, a method for applying the coatings. The invention is further directed to fibrous webs coated with such coatings and articles comprising such webs. The present invention is directed to saturants for fibrous webs that will confer upon those webs the ability to be heat sealed to many materials without compromising the drapability of the fibrous webs. The present invention is further directed to fibrous webs saturated with the saturant of the present invention and methods for saturating such webs. The invention is further directed to packages or containers comprising the saturated webs and methods of manufacturing such packages. The invention is further directed to temperature sensitive adhesive coatings that can be used with the saturated webs and a method for applying the coating.