Shape and Pressure Adjustable Dressing For Blisters and Puncture Wounds
AssigneeOmnitek Partners LLC
InventorsThomas Spinelli, Jahangir S. Rastegar
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Abstract
A dressing for application over a wound on a surface of the skin of a patient. The dressing including: a pressure applying portion positioned over the wound; an adhesive portion positioned proximate to the pressure applying portion for fixing the pressure applying portion to the skin; and a potential energy storage mechanism for storing potential energy that would tend to apply pressure to the wound formed by the pressure applying portion.
Claims5
A dressing for application over a blistered area on a surface of the skin of a patient, the dressing comprising:
- a volume forming portion positioned over the blistered area;
- an adhesive portion positioned proximate to the volume forming portion for fixing the volume forming portion to the skin;
- a potential energy storage means for storing potential energy that would tend to increase a volume adjacent to the blistered area formed by the volume forming portion to create a cavity adjacent the blistered area;
- an outlet in fluid communication with the cavity;
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- a one-way valve in communication with the outlet configured to only permit a fluid flow from the cavity.
A dressing for application over a wound on a surface of the skin of a patient, the dressing comprising:
- a pressure applying portion positioned over the wound;
- an adhesive portion positioned proximate to the pressure applying portion for fixing the pressure applying portion to the skin;
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- a potential energy storage mechanism for storing potential energy that would tend to apply pressure to the wound formed by the pressure applying portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.