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US 2003/0199922 A1Published application
Pneumatic pressure bandage for medical applications
OwnerJames S. Buckmaninventor
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Abstract
A pressure bandage applies a pressure pad to a dressing on a wound, or two or more such pressure pads are applied to the dressings of multiple wounds, and a pneumatically operated air bladder is placed over the pressure pad in each case and held in place by an over-wrapping bandage, the pressure bandage so installed then being used to apply amounts of pressure to respective one or more wounds as appropriate to the nature of each particular wound.
Claims3
A pressure bandage, comprising:
- a pressure pad sized to be placed over a dressing on a bodily wound;
- an air bladder adaptable to be placed over said pressure pad, distal from said dressing;
- pressure application means adapted to generate air pressure within said air bladder;
- pressure release means adapted to release air pressure from said air bladder;
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- a bandage sized to be placed over said air bladder, pressure pad and dressing.
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