Perineal thermal pack with improved liquid containment
AssigneeAllegiance Corporation
InventorsWalter H Isaac, Varsha Kalyankar, Nichole L Wilhelm, Andrew T Nikolai, Hallie M Schmidt, Taylor Marohl, Aaron Dederich
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Abstract
Devices for providing thermal therapy to the perineal and rectal areas of a patient are described. The device is particularly useful for containing gushing lochia flow. Different embodiments of the device can be used to provide either hot or cold therapy to the patient. The inventive thermal pack of the current invention comprises a thermal pouch, pad and a backing layer.
Claims21
A device for applying thermal therapy to a perineal area of a patient, comprising:
- a pad comprising:
- an absorbent core having a void, and
- a top sheet and a bottom sheet, the top and bottom sheets surrounding the absorbent core;
- a backing layer;
- and
- a thermal pouch underlying the top and bottom sheets,
- wherein the absorbent core forms a perimeter of the void,
- wherein the top sheet is attached to the bottom sheet at the void, and
- wherein the entire thermal pouch is nested within the void.
A device for applying thermal therapy to a perineal area of a patient, comprising:
- a pad comprising an absorbent core with a center void;
- top and bottom nonwoven sheets, wherein the top and bottom nonwoven sheets are connected at the center void;
- a thermal pouch nested in the center void, underlying the top and bottom nonwoven sheets, wherein the entire thermal pouch is nested in the center void;
- and
- a backing layer,
- wherein the absorbent core forms a perimeter of the center void.
A process for making a device for providing thermal therapy to a perineal area of a patient comprising:
- forming an absorbent core that includes a voided area without absorbent core, wherein the absorbent core forms a perimeter of the voided area;
- wrapping the core in a top sheet and bottom sheet;
- securing the top and bottom sheets to the absorbent core;
- attaching the top sheet to the bottom sheet at the voided area;
- providing a thermal pouch that underlays the top and bottom sheets, wherein the entire thermal pouch is nested in the voided area without the absorbent core;
- and
- adhering a backing layer to a bottom of the thermal pouch and the wrapped absorbent core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.