Two-Layer Compression Bandage System and Methods of Making and Using the Same
AssigneeAndover Healthcare, Inc.
InventorsThomas S. Murphy, Fred A. Cronin
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Abstract
A compression kit including an inner layer, comprising a foam material, and an outer layer, comprising a separate elastic compression bandage is disclosed. An article comprising foam with two major surfaces, one of which has been coated with a hydrophilic agent to be applied against the skin is disclosed. A method of manufacturing the foam article with the skin-facing hydrophilic surface is disclosed. A method of applying the compression kit to a patient's leg or other body part is disclosed.
Claims20
A compression bandage system, comprising:
- an inner, skin-contacting layer formed of an elongate strip of a foam material;
- and
- a separate outer layer comprising an elastic, compression bandage.
A method for applying a compression bandage system to a body part, said method comprising the steps of:
- circumferentially wrapping an inner, skin-contacting layer around the body part, the inner layer directly contacting the body part, the inner layer characterized by an elongate, single ply of a foam material;
- and
- circumferentially wrapping a separate outer, elastic, compression bandage layer around the body part.
A kit having component parts packaged together, said kit comprising:
- an inner, skin-contacting layer, said inner layer characterized by an elongate, single ply of a foam material;
- and
- a separate outer layer comprising an elastic, compression bandage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.