Dressing and method for cleaning and protecting a laparoscopic camera lens intra-abdominally, stomas, appendages, and insertion sites of tubes and catheters

Abstract

A dressing and method for cleaning a laparoscopic camera lens during surgical procedures when placed around prior art or grasped by prior art and then introduced into the abdominal cavity of a patient and then manipulated against a laparoscopic camera lens cleaning and defogging the lens providing an improved field of site. Further, a dressing and method for protecting and cleaning stomas, appendages, and the insertion sites of tubes and catheters in patients. An annular shaped medical grade polyurethane hydrophilic or similar foam like dressing is placed around a stoma, or at the insertion site of a catheter or tube creating a protective seal inhibiting bacterium from entering the body, further providing cushioning and absorption of human fluid that can cause skin breakdown and infection, increasing the life of stoma appliances, tubes and catheters, providing patients additional comfort, and when placed around an appendage provides effective wound healing.

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