Surgery: splint – brace – or bandage – Bandage structure – Skin laceration or wound cover
Patent
1995-02-17
1996-12-03
Apley, Richard J.
Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage
Bandage structure
Skin laceration or wound cover
602 54, 128888, A61F 500
Patent
active
055803466
ABSTRACT:
A protective covering for a lesion comprises a frame for adhering to the skin of a patient and for surrounding a lesion. The frame has a central opening and a generally L-shaped cross section including a wall, and a base that surrounds the lesion and attaches to the patient's skin with an adhesive. One end of the wall extends perpendicularly from the base, extending around the central opening. The free end of the wall includes a peripheral recess wherein a rim of a cover is received. The cover aligns with the opening and the rim extends fully around the cover so that when the frame base is attached to the patient's skin surrounding a lesion, and the rim of the cover is sealingly received in the recess of the wall, a sealed space is provided enclosing the lesion to protect it from the water. The cover may be put on and taken off the frame many times while the adhesive connection between the frame and skin remains intact. Tabs on the frame allow for tugging the frame in opposition to locally applied forces as the cover rim is pressed into the recess of the frame.
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Apley Richard J.
Drummond William H.
Lee Kim M.
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