Medical sponges and wipes with a barrier impermeable to infectio

Details Medical sponges and wipes with a barrier impermeable to infectio Medical sponges and wipes with a barrier impermeable to infectio

1987-10-16

1991-04-23

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material

Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...

604378, A61F 1315

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050096524

ABSTRACT:
A disposable laminated medical sponge contains a thin sheet, having a top side and a bottom side, that is impermeable to infectious agents as well as nonwettable by water and a layer of absorbent material having an area that is smaller than that of the impermeable sheet, and one surface of which is secured to at least one side of the impermeable sheet. The peripheral edges of the absorbent layer are spaced inwardly from the peripheral edges of the impermeable sheet, providing a surrounding rim that consists of impermeable sheet alone. Any liquid on the layer of absorbent material cannot travel through and over the peripheral edges of the impermeable sheet to reach the opposite side of the impermeable sheet. Consequently, any infectious agents such as viruses that might be present in the body fluids cannot be transmitted from the absorbent material to the opposite side of the medical sponge that is being held by a health-care worker. An alternate embodiment shows a laminated medical sponge further containing an integral peripheral ridge surrounding the completely peripheral edges of at least one side of the impermeable sheet providing a peripheral moat of the impermeable sheet alone.

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