Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Skin laceration or wound cover
Patent
1996-02-14
1997-05-13
Jones, Mary Beth
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Skin laceration or wound cover
606203, A61F 1300, A61B 1700
Patent
active
056287232
ABSTRACT:
For use in a bandage comprising a sterile dressing and a web portion attached to and extending from the sterile dressing, a pressure enhancement member comprising a base, and at least one wrapping element generally perpendicular to the base, the at least one wrapping element having a gap, wherein the pressure enhancement member is attached to a non-wound-side surface of the sterile dressing, and the at least one wrapping element is arranged for wrapping therearound by the web portion, wherein when the web portion is wrapped in a first direction around a limb having thereon a wound, and forced through the gap, and the web portion is then wrapped around the at least one wrapping element in a second direction, the pressure enhancement member applies a pressure on the dressing, thereby causing the dressing to apply a local pressure to the wound, and subsequent wrappings of the web portion on the pressure enhancement member, on previous wrappings of the web portion and on the limb, increase the local pressure on the wound.
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