Disposable antiseptic wipe apparatus
OwnerBenjamin S. Parasinventor
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Abstract
A disposable antiseptic wipe apparatus includes a bacteria-proof packaging container having an interior compartment. An antiseptic wipe is infused with an antiseptic material and positioned within the interior compartment. The antiseptic wipe has a rolled cylindrical shape. A portion of packaging container is removable from the antiseptic wipe to exposed one end of the rolled, cylindrical shape of the antiseptic wipe while an unexposed end of the rolled, cylindrical shape of the antiseptic wipe is graspable by a user through the packaging container.
Claims16
A disposable antiseptic wipe apparatus for cleaning a patient's skin before a medical procedure, the disposable antiseptic wipe apparatus comprising:
- a bacteria-proof packaging container having an interior compartment, the bacteria-proof packaging container being non-resealable after opening;
- an antiseptic wipe infused with an antiseptic material, the antiseptic wipe being positioned within the interior compartment of the bacteria-proof packaging container without additional antiseptic wipes, and wherein the antiseptic wipe has a rolled cylindrical shape formed as a tight spiral with multiple overlapping layers;
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- a first portion of the bacteria-proof packaging container tearable from a second portion of the bacteria-proof packaging container, wherein the first portion is separatable from the second portion to expose one cylindrical end of the antiseptic wipe in the rolled cylindrical shape while another cylindrical end of the antiseptic wipe in the rolled cylindrical shape remains within the bacteria-proof packaging container, wherein a user only touches the bacteria-proof packaging container when contacting the exposed cylindrical end of the antiseptic wipe in the rolled cylindrical shape to the patient's skin, and wherein the rolled cylindrical shape of the antiseptic wipe has an axial rigidity that substantially exceeds the rigidity of fabric material of the antiseptic wipe in a flat sheet form to resist axial deflection of the antiseptic wipe when the exposed cylindrical end of the antiseptic wipe is contacted against the patient's skin and a lateral force is applied to the exposed cylindrical end of the antiseptic wipe.
A single-use, disposable antiseptic wipe apparatus for use by a medical professional to clean a patient's skin before a medical procedure, the single-use, disposable antiseptic wipe apparatus comprising:
- a bacteria-proof packaging container having an interior compartment, the bacteria-proof packaging container being non-resealable after opening;
- an antiseptic wipe infused with an antiseptic material, the antiseptic wipe being positioned within the interior compartment of the bacteria-proof packaging container without additional antiseptic wipes, and wherein the antiseptic wipe has a rolled cylindrical shape formed as a tight spiral with multiple overlapping layers;
- a first portion of the bacteria-proof packaging container tearable from a second portion of the bacteria-proof packaging container, wherein the first portion is separatable from the second portion to expose one cylindrical end of the antiseptic wipe in the rolled cylindrical shape while another cylindrical end of the antiseptic wipe in the rolled cylindrical shape remains within the bacteria-proof packaging container, wherein the medical professional only touches the bacteria-proof packaging container when contacting the exposed cylindrical end of the antiseptic wipe in the rolled cylindrical shape to the patient's skin and wherein the rolled cylindrical shape of the antiseptic wipe has an axial rigidity that substantially exceeds the rigidity of fabric material of the antiseptic wipe in a flat sheet form to resist axial deflection of the antiseptic wipe when the exposed cylindrical end of the antiseptic wipe is contacted against the patient's skin and a lateral force is applied to the exposed cylindrical end of the antiseptic wipe;
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- at least a first tab and a second tab formed on the bacteria-proof packaging container, wherein separation of the first tab from the second tab causes the first portion to separate from the second portion.
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