Wound dressing package
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson Medical, Inc.
InventorsCatherine L. Cheong, David Rigby
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Abstract
There is provided a package for containing a wound dressing, the package comprising a first web and a second web hermetically sealed together around their peripheries, the inside of the package being sterile, wherein the first and second webs include transparent areas which can be superimposed and wherein the internal surface of one of the transparent areas is receptive to marking.
Claims19
A package containing a separate sterile wound dressing, the package comprising a first web and a second web hermetically sealed together around their peripheries, each of the first and second webs having an inner surface and an outer surface, said inner surfaces facing each other to define a package interior, said package interior being sterile, wherein each of the first and second webs include transparent areas and wherein the inner surface of one of the first and second webs at the transparent area thereof is receptive to marking and has a grid pattern.
A package containing a separate sterile wound dressing, the package comprising a first web and a second web hermetically sealed together about their peripheries to define a package interior, the package interior being sterile, wherein:
- the first web comprises at least two layers which are releasably held together;
- the layers of the first web include an inner layer and an outer layer;
- the inner and outer layers of the first web include transparent areas;
- and the outer layer of the first web has an outer surface which is receptive to marking and has a grid pattern.
A method for recording the area of a wound which comprises:
- providing a wound dressing package containing a wound dressing, the package comprising:
- a first web and a second web hermetically sealed together around their peripheries, each of the first and second webs having an inner surface and an outer surface, said inner surfaces facing each other to define a package interior, said package interior being sterile, wherein each of the first and second webs include transparent areas and wherein the inner surface of one of the first and second webs at the transparent area thereof is receptive to marking;
- opening the package;
- folding one web onto the other web so that the outer surfaces of the webs are in contact and the transparent areas are superimposed;
- placing the folded package on the wound with the markable surface remote from the wound;
- and
- marking on the markable surface an outline of the wound.
A method for recording the area of a wound which comprises:
- providing a wound dressing package containing a wound dressing, the package comprising:
- a first web and a second web hermetically sealed together about their peripheries to define a package interior, the package interior being sterile, and wherein the first web comprises at least two layers which are releasably held together;
- the layers of the first web include an inner layer and an outer layer;
- the inner and outer layers of the first web include transparent areas;
- and the outer layer of the first web has an outer surface which is receptive to marking;
- opening the package;
- placing the first web on the wound with the markable surface remote from the wound;
- and
- marking on the markable area an outline of the wound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.