Sterile adhesive bandage and associated methods
OwnerChristina Margaret Turngreninventor
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Abstract
A bandage encapsulated in a protective sterile covering is disclosed, whereby the bandage may be removed from its sterile covering and applied with one hand without contaminating any portion of the bandage. The apparatus and method to manufacture the unique bandage is also disclosed.
Claims15
A bandage device including an element that may be removed from its sealed enclosure without contaminating any portion of the element, comprising:
- (a) a planar strip being die cut to separate the strip into an inner strip and outer surrounding frame;
- (b) a removable carrier member attached to an upper planar surface of said strip;
- (c) a pull tab attached to a lower planar surface of said outer surrounding frame;
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- (d) a removable release backing attached to the lower planar surface of said strip, thereby compressing said inner strip and said outer surrounding flame between said release backing and said carrier member.
A bandage that may be removed from its sealed package without contaminating any portion of the bandage, comprising:
- (a) a flexible planar strip having a coating of adhesive deposited on at least one of an upper and lower planar surface of said flexible strip;
- (b) a removable carrier member attached to said upper planar surface of said flexible strip;
- (c) a wound pad attached to the lower planar surface of said flexible strip, wherein a first portion of said flexible strip extends from a first end of said wound pad and a second portion of said flexible strip extends from a second end of said wound pad, said wound pad and said flexible strip being die cut to separate the flexible strip and wound pad into a bandage and outer surrounding frame;
- (d) a pull tab attached to a lower planar surface of said outer surrounding frame;
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- (e) a removable release backing attached to the lower planar surface of said flexible strip, thereby compressing said bandage and said outer surrounding frame between said release backing and said carrier member.
An enclosed, sealed, sterile device that may be removed from its sealed enclosure without contaminating any portion of the sterile devise, comprising:
- (a) a carrier member having an upper and lower planar surface and a perimeter defining length and width dimensions of said carrier member;
- (b) a planar strip attached to the lower planar surface of said carrier member having an outer periphery aligned with the perimeter of said carrier member, said strip being die cut to separate said strip into an inner element and outer surrounding frame;
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- (c) a removable release backing attached to a lower planar surface of said strip having an outer edge aligned with the perimeter of said carrier member, whereby said inner element is isolated by said carrier member, said outer surrounding frame, and said release backing from external contamination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.