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US 2008/0021358 A1Published application
Blister inhibiting cover dressing and method of using same
OwnerKenneth Tuckerinventor
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Abstract
A blister kit includes a plurality of blister inhibiting coverings of different sizes and shapes, a plurality of blister dressing coverings of different sizes and shapes, a set of instructions for when and where to use individual ones of the coverings, and a container for storing the coverings and the set of instructions.
Claims21
1-5. (canceled)
A blister inhibiting covering, comprising:
- an inhibitor layer for helping to reduce skin shearing in response to a rubbing action;
- and
- an anchoring layer affixed to said inhibitor layer for securing said inhibitor layer over an area of at risk skin tissue.
A blister dressing, comprising:
- a moisture wicking, pressure redirecting layer of polyurethane foam;
- a moisture releasing agent disposed within said layer of polyurethane foam for helping to prevent said layer of polyurethane foam from adhering to a blister wound area;
- a cleansing agent disposed within said layer of polyurethane foam for helping to reduce surface tension between said polyurethane foam and said blister wound area;
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- an anchoring layer affixed to said layer of polyurethane foam for securing said layer over a blister wound area of skin tissue.
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