US 2019/0336347 A9Published application

Dressing and Dressing Assembly for Preventing Pressure Ulcers

OwnerDavid L. Ribble, Kirsten M. Emmons +3inventors

InventorsDavid L. Ribble, Kirsten M. Emmons, Eric D. Agdeppa, Charles A. Lachenbruch, David L. Bedel

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Abstract

A dressing for guarding against the development of pressure ulcers has a recipient side and an environmental side. The dressing comprises a moisture barrier layer whose components include a sacral member, a left gluteal member and a right gluteal member. Each gluteal member has a base and an extension which extends longitudinally inferiorly further than the inferior edge of the sacral member by a dimension which is approximately no less than the longitudinal length of the sacral member. The dressing also includes a connective element on the recipient side of the dressing. The connective element is arranged to provide a zone of occlusion. In some embodiments the dressing includes electrodes and is a component of a dressing assembly which includes an exciter for stimulating gluteal muscles.

Claims34

Dependent claims

A preventive dressing having a recipient side, an environmental side, and a perimeter, the dressing comprising:

A) a moisture barrier layer having:
a) a sacral member having a longitudinal length and an inferior edge;
b) a left gluteal member having a base which borders a left side of the sacral member, and a left extension which extends longitudinally inferiorly further than the inferior edge by a left gluteal extension dimension which is approximately no less than the longitudinal length of the sacral member;
c) a right gluteal member having a base which borders a right side of the sacral member, and a right extension which extends longitudinally inferiorly further than the inferior edge by a right gluteal extension dimension which is approximately no less than the longitudinal length of the sacral member so that the left gluteal member and the right gluteal member define an intermember space;
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B) a connective element on the recipient side of the dressing, the connective element being arranged to provide a zone of occlusion.

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Facts

Application: 15/296,072Filed 18 Oct 2016
Priority: 27 Oct 2015
Published: 7 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A61F 13/02
Bandages or dressings ; Absorbent pads: adhesive bandages or dressings
A61F 13/022
With fluid retention members: having more than one layer with different fluid retention characteristics
A61F 13/0203
Adhesive bandages or dressings: with fluid retention members
A61F 13/0233
Wound covering film layers without a fluid retention layer: characterised by the oclusive layer skin contacting layer

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Application62/246,750Us provisional application · filed 27 Oct 2015
Application62/269,193Us provisional application · filed 18 Dec 2015
US 2017/0112674 A1Published application
US 2019/0336347 A9This patent

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