Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Skin laceration or wound cover
Patent
1992-09-28
1993-12-07
Green, Randall L.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Skin laceration or wound cover
602 41, 602 62, 602 63, 602 75, 128854, 2 6, 2 22, A61F 1300, A61F 1500, A61L 1300
Patent
active
052679527
ABSTRACT:
An elongate bandage that is predominantly stretchable in the longitudinal direction enables readily applied development of an elastic surgical limb sleeve that can be rendered locally inextensible. The bandage features multiple longitudinally spaced rows of transverse slits which are in staggered offsetting interlace, from one to the next-adjacent row, such that when a circumferential wrap of the bandage completes a sleeve, the multiple slits are arrayed parallel to the axis of the limb. The limb sleeve gently conforms to the shape of an affected or injured joint or other body part, and the gentle conformance is operative to convert slits into ventilation openings. One or more strips of relatively inelastic hook material applied to the outer surface of a developed sleeve not only complete the sleeve but, when desired by the surgeon, can exert localized pressure to the injured area either directly or indirectly as in the treatment of swelling or in the control of bleeding.
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Green Randall L.
Novamedix, Ltd.
Prebilic Paul
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