Bandage for providing protection and antimicrobial properties to a surgical site with one or more percutaneous pins or wires
AssigneeOrthoBarrier Technologies LLC
InventorAndrew Maertens
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to bandages used to protect and disinfect or provide a protective antimicrobial barrier to a surgical site with one or more percutaneous pins or wires extending therefrom. The bandage includes an antimicrobial agent, an absorbent layer, an adhesive layer, and one or more slits designed to receive therethrough a percutaneous pin or wire extending from the surgical site. The bandage enhances and facilitates the ease of protecting a surgical site with one or more percutaneous pins or wires extending therefrom without disturbing the pins or wires and while protecting the surgical site from infection, contamination, and injury during the healing process.
Claims16
A method of protecting a surgical site with a plurality of percutaneous pins or wires from infection, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of initially separate bandages for providing wound care at the surgical site, each bandage comprising:
- an adhesive layer with a first side configured to adhere to tissue and a second side opposite the first side;
- a backing layer adjacent to the first side of the adhesive layer;
- an absorbent layer overlaying at least part of the second side of the adhesive layer, wherein the absorbent layer is a different material than the adhesive layer;
- an antimicrobial agent impregnated in or adjacent to at least one of the adhesive layer or the absorbent layer, wherein the antimicrobial agent comprises one or more of chlorhexidine, chlorhexidine gluconate, polyhexamethylene biguanide, honey, antibiotic, gentamicin, mupirocin, bacitracin, hypochlorous acid, gentian violet, essential oil, or tea tree oil;
- and
- a slit passing through the bandage;
- wherein the slit is configured to receive a percutaneous surgical pin or wire therethrough,
- wherein each bandage has a thickness in a range of about 0.5 cm to about 10 cm and a diameter or width in a range of about 2 cm to about 12 cm;
- removing the backing layer from the first side of each bandage;
- and
- placing the initially separate bandages at the surgical site such that the percutaneous pins or wires are received through corresponding slits of the bandages,
- wherein the antimicrobial agent of each bandage protects the surgical site from infection,
- wherein the adhesive layer of each bandage adheres the bandage to tissue at the surgical site,
- wherein the absorbent layer of each bandage absorbs fluids that may leak from the surgical site,
- wherein the bandages have one or more geometric shapes selected from circular, rectangular, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, or octagonal, wherein the initially separate bandages are placed in abutment to form a bandage system that covers the surgical site without significant gaps or overlap.
A method of protecting a surgical site with a plurality of percutaneous pins or wires from infection, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of initially separate bandages, each bandage comprising:
- an adhesive layer with a first side configured to adhere to tissue and a second side opposite the first side;
- a backing layer adjacent to the first side;
- an absorbent layer adjacent to the second side;
- an antimicrobial agent impregnated in or adjacent to at least one of the adhesive layer or the absorbent layer;
- and
- a slit passing through the bandage,
- wherein the slit is configured to receive a percutaneous surgical pin or wire therethrough;
- removing the backing layer from the first side of each of the bandages;
- and
- placing the initially separate bandages at the surgical site such that percutaneous pins or wires are received through corresponding slits of the bandages,
- wherein the antimicrobial agent of each bandage protects the surgical site from infection;
- wherein the adhesive layer of each bandage adheres the bandage to tissue at the surgical site;
- and
- wherein the absorbent layer of each bandage absorbs fluids that may leak from the surgical site,
- wherein the bandages have one or more geometric shapes selected from circular, rectangular, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, or octagonal, wherein the initially separate bandages are placed in abutment to form a bandage system that covers the surgical site without significant gaps or overlap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.