Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Wound shields
Patent
1994-07-20
1996-03-12
Brown, Michael A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Wound shields
602 43, A61F 1300
Patent
active
054977886
ABSTRACT:
A unitary wound closure device adapted to permit a wound on a patient to be viewed while the closure device is secured to the patient. The device includes a body having sufficient flexibility for it to be folded against itself. The body includes first and second surfaces facing away from one another, a securing portion having a length and width sufficient to secure facing edges of the wound in close juxtaposition with one another and a viewing portion having a length and width sufficient to circumscribe the wound on the patient. A first quantity of adhesive substance is disposed on the first surface of the body to adhere the securing portion of the body to the patient. A second quantity of adhesive substance is disposed on the second surface of the body to adhere the viewing portion to the patient and the securing portion when the viewing portion is folded over and onto the protecting portion and the patient. A method of protecting and viewing a wound in a patient that comprises positioning the edges of the wound in close juxtaposition relation to one another. A securing portion of a flexible material is then adhered to the patient with the edges of the wound in close juxtaposition. A viewing portion of the flexible material is folded over the securing portion of the flexible material.
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Inman J. D.
Ward, Jr. C. E.
Brown Michael A.
Tecnol Medical Products, Inc.
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