Perineal bandage for vaginal delivery
AssigneeIntermountain Intellectual Asset Management, LLC
InventorsAndrew Perry Thomas, Jon Edward Beck
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Abstract
A perineal bandage for preventing and treating tears that occur during childbirth. The perineal bandage includes a flexible bandage having a first side and a second side, wherein the second side includes an adhesive configured to adhere the bandage to the skin of a patient. The perineal bandage may further include a plurality of tearing zones that tear before the bandage. The perineal bandage may further include a reinforced region disposed along a portion of a bottom edge of the bandage, wherein the reinforced region requires a greater amount of force to tear than the bandage and the tearing zones.
Claims17
A perineal bandage comprising:
- a bandage comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the bandage is flexible and the second side comprises an adhesive configured to adhere the bandage to the skin of a patient;
- a reinforced region disposed along a portion of a bottom edge of the bandage, wherein the reinforced region requires a greater amount of force to tear than unreinforced regions of the bandage;
- and one or more tearing zones having a base disposed at a top edge of the bandage and extending partially towards the bottom edge of the bandage, wherein the one or more tearing zones are positioned and configured to direct tearing of the bandage at an angle away from a center of the bandage, wherein the one or more tearing zones further comprise a primary tearing zone, a secondary tearing zone, and a tertiary tearing zone, wherein the tertiary tearing zone is disposed near and offset from a center of the top edge of the bandage such that no tearing zone is disposed on the center of the bandage.
A perineal bandage comprising:
- a bandage comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the bandage is flexible and the second side comprises an adhesive configured to adhere the bandage to skin of a patient;
- a reinforced region disposed along a portion of a bottom edge of the bandage, wherein the reinforced region requires a greater amount of force to tear than unreinforced regions of the bandage;
- and one or more tearing zones having a base disposed at a top edge of the bandage opposite to the bottom edge of the bandage and extending partially towards the bottom edge, wherein the one or more tearing zones are configured to be an initial tear region of the bandage, at least one tearing zone of the one or more tearing zones being oriented at a non-perpendicular angle relative to a top edge of the reinforced region and being disposed near and offset from a center of a top edge of the bandage such that no tearing zone is disposed on the center of the bandage.
A perineal bandage configured to be placed on perineal tissue of a patient, comprising:
- a bandage comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the bandage is flexible and the second side comprises an adhesive configured to adhere the bandage to skin of the patient;
- and a reinforced region disposed along a portion of a bottom edge of the bandage, wherein the reinforced region requires a greater amount of force to tear than unreinforced regions of the bandage, wherein the bandage comprises a plurality of tearing zones each having a base disposed at a top edge of the bandage and extending partially towards the bottom edge of the bandage and disposed at an angle away from a center of the bandage, wherein the plurality of tearing zones are configured to control tearing of the bandage when the bandage is placed on the perineal tissue of the patient, wherein the plurality of tearing zones comprises a primary tearing zone, a secondary tearing zone, and a tertiary tearing zone wherein the primary tearing zone is configured to tear with less force compared to at least one of the secondary tearing zone or the tertiary tearing zone, wherein the tertiary tearing zone is disposed near and offset from a center of a top edge of the bandage such that no tearing zone is disposed on the center of the bandage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.