Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure
Patent
1996-05-17
1997-12-30
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
602 42, 602 54, 602 79, 128888, A61F 500
Patent
active
057023565
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to disposable bandages and surgical dressings for wounds and particularly to those wound dressings that may be employed in connection with recurrent observation, examination and repeated medication of wounds.
In the employment of the novel wound dressing described in this specification, it is intended that the wound under treatment be completely circumscribed by an opening in the dressing. As will become apparent, means are provided whereby the wound may be inspected and treated with medication without removal of the primary body of the dressing itself.
BACKGROUND ART
The prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 3,026,874, issued Mar. 27, 1962 to R. C. Stevens for WOUND SHIELD. The device provides controlled drainage for a wound and is characterized as easily sterilizable thus leading to the inference of non-disposability.
Another prior art device is described in the U.S. Pat. No. 4,470,410, granted to E. M. Elliot for PROTECTIVE RETAINING DEVICE AND METHOD, issued Sep. 11, 1984. The device described appears to be comparatively expensive and complicated to manufacture. It appears to have as its primary purpose the protection of the site of an intravenous catheter.
Yet another prior art device has been illustrated in the U.S. Pat. No. 3,888,247, granted to C. B. Stenvall for FIRST AID BANDAGE issued Jun. 10, 1975. The innovative device described in that patent provides that a lightly adhered breathable surgical tape that is first placed over the wound shall be left in contact therewith until after healing has been accomplished.
The patent entitled PROTECTIVE DEVICE by inventors Kohn et al bearing U.S. Pat. No. 4,709,695 was issued on Dec. 1, 1987, and contemplates a contrivance expected to be prepared by cutting to size for each application.
These prior art devices are commendable and show a truly creative spirit for their times and intended applications. The inventors and their inventions have contributed remarkably to the technology involved. However, these prior art structures do not include those combined elements of the invention described and submitted herewith that provide greater facility of use and ingenious arrangement of components that make the instant invention the high culmination in the art of disposable wound dressings that permit repeated, non-wound disturbing observations and recurring medications of a wound undergoing the healing process.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
In accordance with the instant invention, there is provided a disposable, inexpensive and easy to use wound dressing that expedites repetitious examination, observation and medication of a wound such as an injury resulting, in general, from a bruise, cut, laceration or the like. The inventive wound dressing contemplated by the device described envisions in succession, the initial sealing of a bandage covering and protecting the wound involved, the uninvasive unsealing of the bandage in such manner as to allow inspection of the wound under healing, observation of the wound, medication thereof as may be required, and the resealing of said bandage to again cover and protect the wound without loss of integrity of the sealing properties of the dressing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
Further advantages and features of the instant invention will be more fully apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains from the ensuing detailed description thereof, regarded in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout and in which:
FIG. 1 is an exploded, perspective view of a first, simple embodiment of the Disposable Wound Dressing Permitting Non-Invasive Examination.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 showing the dressing closed and latched.
FIG. 3 is another perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 showing a medication pad in place and the dressing opened for inspection or the like.
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of the Disposable Wound Dressing Permitting Non-Invasiv
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Apley Richard J.
Lee Kim M.
Ware Paul H.
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