Shape and Pressure Adjustable Dressing
AssigneeOmnitek Partners LLC
InventorsJahangir S. Rastegar, Thomas Spinelli
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Abstract
A method for applying pressure to skin with a dressing. The method including: adhering at least a portion of the dressing to the skin; and subsequent to the adhering, changing the shape of the dressing by removing a restraint which restrains an elastic member associated with the dressing into a first shape. Where the removing of the restraint from restraining the elastic member moves the elastic member towards an unrestrained second shape to one or more of elongate or reduce a dimension of the dressing to apply a pressure to corresponding portions of the skin.
Claims38
A dressing for application to skin, the dressing comprising:
- a portion;
- an adhesive applied on a surface of the portion for adhering the portion to the skin;
- an elastic member associated with the portion and restrained into a first shape;
- and
- a restraining member connected to the elastic member to maintain the elastic member in the first shape;
- wherein when the restraining member is removed from restraining the elastic member, the elastic member moves towards an unrestrained second shape to one or more of elongate or reduce a dimension of the portion to apply a pressure to corresponding portions of the skin.
A method for applying pressure to skin with a dressing, the method comprising:
- adhering at least a portion of the dressing to the skin;
- and
- subsequent to the adhering, changing the shape of the dressing by removing a restraint which restrains an elastic member associated with the dressing into a first shape;
- wherein the removing of the restraint from restraining the elastic member moves the elastic member towards an unrestrained second shape to one or more of elongate or reduce a dimension of the dressing to apply a pressure to corresponding portions of the skin.
A method for applying pressure to skin with a dressing, the method comprising:
- adhering a first portion of the dressing to the skin;
- with the first portion adhered to the skin, changing the shape of the dressing from a second shape to a first shape by application of a force to the dressing to elastically deform the dressing;
- with the dressing in the second shape, applying a second portion of the dressing to the skin where the first and second portions bridge a wound on the skin such that an elastic force in the dressing tending to return the dressing to the second shape closes the wound;
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- subsequent to the applying of the second portion of the dressing to the skin, further changing the shape of the dressing to further close the wound by removing a restraint which restrains an elastic member associated with the dressing into a third shape;
- wherein the removing of the restraint from restraining the elastic member moves the elastic member towards an unrestrained fourth shape to further close the wound.
A woven fabric comprising:
- having a body with a length longer than a width;
- and
- end portions of the body in a length direction having less elasticity than a central portion of the body between the end portions;
- wherein weft and warp fibers forming the body are arranged offset from the length direction and a width direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.