# US 11,433,032 B2 · Systems and methods for removing a covering from a bodily surface > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,433,032 B2 - Document ID: US11433032B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/152,040 - Filed: 2021-01-19 - Published: 2022-04-28 - Granted: 2022-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-17 - Assignees: MIDAS Healthcare Solutions, Inc. - Applicants: MIDAS Healthcare Solutions, Inc. - Inventors: Michael A. Lafauci; Jeffrey R. Wahl; Andrew M. Brown; Jonathan Pinsky - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11433032B2 ## CPC - A61K 9/703: {characterised by shape or structure; Details concerning release liner or backing; Refillable patches; User-activated patches} - A61M 35/00: Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body (devices for handling toiletry or cosmetic substances A45D; absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, A61F13/15) - G16H 20/10: relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients - A61M 2205/273: preventing reuse, e.g. of disposables - A61M 2205/505: Touch-screens; Virtual keyboard or keypads; Virtual buttons; Soft keys; Mouse touches - A61M 2205/6009: for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security - A61M 2209/04: Tools for specific apparatus - A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract The present disclosure provides a method of removing a cover from a bodily surface of a subject. The method may comprise applying a cover removal device to a portion of the cover that is disposed on the bodily surface of the subject, thereby generating a connection between the cover removal device and the portion of the cover. The method may comprise moving the cover removal device across the bodily surface of the subject in order to selectively remove the cover from the bodily surface and capture the cover onto the cover removal device, without the cover removal device substantially affecting or interfering with the bodily surface of the subject. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A covering removal device for selectively removing a covering from a bodily surface of a subject, the covering removal device comprising: a base structure; and an adhesive material coupled to the base structure, wherein the adhesive material aids in generating a connection between the covering removal device and the covering disposed on the bodily surface of the subject, wherein the covering removal device is configured to be moved across the bodily surface of the subject in order to selectively remove the covering from the bodily surface and capture the covering onto the covering removal device, without the covering removal device affecting or interfering with the bodily surface of the subject. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein a first binding strength between the adhesive material and the covering is greater than a second binding strength between the covering and the bodily surface underneath the covering. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein a first binding strength between the adhesive material and the covering is greater than a second binding strength between the adhesive material and an additional bodily surface of the subject adjacent to the covering. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the adhesive material does not generate a connection with the bodily surface of the subject. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the adhesive material is a solid, semi-solid, or gel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the base structure is a movable base structure. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device of claim 6, wherein the movable base structure comprises a roller, and wherein an outwardly facing surface of the roller comprises the adhesive material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the covering is pre-medicated with a drug. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the covering is not pre-medicated. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the covering further comprises an additional covering, wherein the covering is disposed over an additional covering adjacent to the bodily surface of the subject. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising a housing coupled to the base structure, wherein the base structure is configured to be released from the housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The device of claim 11, wherein the housing is configured to release the base structure and couple to an additional removable base structure. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the base structure is flat. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the covering removal device is operatively coupled to a source of a neutralizer, wherein the neutralizer is configured to neutralize any excess drug in the covering or an additional covering coupled to the covering. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the source of the neutralizer is a part of the covering removal device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the source of the neutralizer is detachable from the covering removal device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the neutralizer is configured to (i) encapsulate the controlled substance and/or (ii) deactivate the controlled substance. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the source of the neutralizer is a container configured to hold the neutralizer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The device of claim 14, wherein the source of the neutralizer is a film configured to cover at least a portion of the covering. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, further comprising a removable handle configured to be coupled to the base structure.