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US 2018/0362328 A1Published application
Methods of manufacturing medical pads
OwnerStephen Nicholas Logsdoninventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to medical pads and methods of manufacturing medical pads.
Claims27
A method for manufacturing a medical pad from a compromised medical pad, wherein the compromised medical pad comprises a fill material and an external cover surrounding the fill material, the method comprising:
- extracting the fill material from the external cover of the compromised medical pad;
- and exposing the extracted fill material to UV-C output from a UV-C source for a time and under conditions sufficient to achieve at least a 3 log reduction in surface level microorganism activity to produce decontaminated fill material;
- and covering the decontaminated fill material with a new external cover.
A method for preparing a medical pad for a second use following at least a first use, the method comprising:
- removing an external cover of the medical pad;
- inspecting the fill material for gross contamination after removing the external cover;
- discarding the fill material if gross contamination is observed;
- if gross contamination is not observed, exposing the fill material to a UV disinfection protocol sufficient to achieve at least a 3 log reduction in surface level activity of microorganisms.
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A medical pad comprising decontaminated fill material extracted from a used medical pad comprising the fill material and an external cover enclosing the fill material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.