Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1977-05-24
1979-01-16
Trapp, Lawrence W.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
A61F 1312
Patent
active
041344014
ABSTRACT:
In a preferred embodiment, in medical care of a person's eye, for varying indications such as post operative patching, treatment of corneal injury, non-surgical tarsorrhaphy, exposure keratitis, situations where patient removing and reapplying of the patch independently is desired, and in occlusion therapy in amblyopia, peeking through the patch being impossible, the method of use of one or more of several combinations are desirable, there being a narrow adhesive strip of length to bind-over a major part of the closed upper and lower lids, and an elongated absorbent material impregnated preferably with medicament, for aligning along and over the eye-slit of the closed upper and lower eyelids, and a gauze sponge, and a tape element having a predetermined size in area sufficient to substantially cover upper and lower eyelids in a closed state and having a bottom adhesive surface adapted to fasten the tape element to skin surfaces of the upper and lower eyelids when in a closed state, for the placing thereof over one or more of the adhesively attached adhesive strip at least with or without other noted elements.
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