Wound and therapy compress and dressing
AssigneeBruder Healthcare Company, LLC
InventorsMark H. BRUDER, Aaron N. INGRAM
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Abstract
A method of providing moisture therapy to a subject by applying a moist therapy compress against a treated body portion. The moist therapy compress includes a fluid-permeable shell, a flexible backing fastened to the shell to define an enclosure, and a hydrophilic zeolite fill granules loosely contained within the enclosure. The therapy compress is exposed to a source of moisture to cause absorption of water into the hydrophilic zeolite, and the moisture is delivered from the hydrophilic zeolite through the fluid permeable shell to the treated body portion.
Claims23
A moist heat wrap for delivery of moist heat therapy to a treated body part of a human body, the moist heat wrap comprising:
- a flexible backing;
- a shell forming a contact surface for application to the treated body part, the shell being attached to the backing to form at least one enclosure between the backing and the shell;
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- a plurality of solid, individual hydrophilic zeolite fill granules distributed within said at least one enclosure;
- wherein the fill granules are configured to absorb moisture and remain solid, individual granules;
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- wherein the fill granules comprise hydrophilic zeolite.
A moist heat wrap for delivery of moist heat therapy to a treatment area of a human body, the moist heat wrap comprising:
- a series of enclosures formed between a shell and a flexible backing;
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- a granular hydrophilic zeolite fill material comprising a plurality of solid porous crystalline fill granules contained within the enclosures between the shell and the backing, forming filled enclosures;
- wherein the hydrophilic zeolite fill material remains in granular form as moisture is absorbed and released from the solid porous crystalline fill granules.
A moist heat back wrap for delivery of moist heat to a human back, the moist heat back wrap comprising:
- a flexible backing;
- a moist heat permeable shell attached to the flexible backing to form a plurality of enclosures defining channels extending generally parallel to one another;
- a plurality of solid, individual hydrophilic zeolite particles filling the enclosures, whereby the filled enclosures are configured to be placed against and each conform to the shape of the human back for delivering moist heat from the solid, individual hydrophilic zeolite particles through the moist heat permeable shell to the human back;
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- at least one attachment fastening strap comprising a hook-and-loop fastener material for securing the moist heat wrap in place wrapped about the human back.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.