Stockinette Having Folded Structure for Simplified Application
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorMark Spencer G. Chua
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Abstract
A stockinette (200), suitable for covering an appendage (1440) of a patient, includes one or more folds (206). The fold (206) can be in a length of material (205) disposed between an open end (204) and a closed end (203). Alternatively, the fold (880) can be in an optional cuff (860) formed by a section of material (661) near the open end (603). Folds can be present both in the length of material (205) and in the cuff (860) as well. The cuff (860) can be disposed atop the fold (206) in the length of material (205). The stockinette (200) enables one person to apply the stockinette (200) to an appendage (1440) with one continuous motion that expands the folds.
Claims19
An expandable surgical stockinette, comprising:
- a closed end;
- and
- an open end for receiving an appendage of a patient, the open end and closed being separated by a length of material;
- wherein the length of material is folded so as to be expandable by pulling the open end away from the closed end, thereby unfolding the length of material.
A method of manufacturing a folded surgical stockinette, comprising:
- providing an expanded stockinette having an open end and a closed end separated by a length of material;
- inserting a rigid insert into the expanded stockinette;
- and
- folding the length of material in one of an accordion fold or a twist fold.
A method of applying a surgical stockinette to a patient, comprising:
- providing an expandable surgical stockinette having an open end and a closed end separated by a length of material comprising one of an accordion fold or a twist fold;
- inserting an appendage of the patient in an opening of the expandable surgical stockinette;
- and
- expanding the surgical stockinette by pulling the open end along the appendage, thereby expanding the one of the accordion fold or the twist fold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.