Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Skin laceration or wound cover
Patent
1994-03-18
1996-04-16
Dvorak, Linda C.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Skin laceration or wound cover
602 53, 606201, 604308, A61F 500
Patent
active
055077218
ABSTRACT:
A medical apparatus and method for wound dressing are provided for application with all sizes and shapes of wounds, particularly lacerations and deep and ragged cuts. The medical apparatus includes a compressed pad that expands as it absorbs body fluid from the wound and a backing member that increases the pressure applied to the body part as the compressed pad expands. The medical apparatus applies pressure to the wound of at least 0.4 psi.
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"SURESEAL.TM., Self-Activating Pressure Dressing," Gainor Medical, McDonough, Georgia.
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