Application aid for the treatment of wounds
AssigneeLohmann & Rauscher GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsCorinna Noell, Wolfgang Harreither, Marko Tuertscher
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Abstract
The invention relates to a flexible application aid for the treatment of wounds. The application aid can be used in particular for the debridement and/or cleansing of wounds, including the skin surrounding the wound. The application aid according to the invention including a flexible or elastically deformable application wand, facilitates debridement of superficial to deep wounds without the risk of injury to the wound.
Claims32
An application aid for debriding or cleansing of wounds comprising a bendable application wand having a rear end and a front end, a longitudinal direction, a front section adjacent the front end, a rear section adjacent the rear end, two opposite sides, and a cross section, said application wand further comprising a flexible bending section between the front section and the rear section, said bending section having greater flexibility than the front section and the rear section,
- wherein at least a portion of the bending section comprises a material of lower flexural rigidity than the rigidity of a material of the front section and of the rear section,
- wherein the front section holds a wound cleansing head, the wound cleansing head comprising a fiber wound cleansing pad or fiber wound cleansing wipe comprising synthetic fibers,
- wherein the front section of the application wand comprises a fastening section for holding the wound cleansing head and the rear section comprises a grasping handle section, and
- wherein the wound cleansing head is fastened to the application wand by one or more fastening seams.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.