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US 6,573,419 B2Granted
Elastic adhesive wound dressing for control of bleeding and for dressing bleeding wounds
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Abstract
A compression dressing is disclosed. The compression dressing comprises a self-adhering elastic bandage strip designed for exerting a compressive force when wrapped around a body part sufficient to hold the compression dressing in place for a period of time to provide a therapeutic effect to a wound and an absorbent pad affixed to an inner side of a terminal portion or to a terminal end of the self-adhering elastic bandage strip.
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A compression dressing, comprising:
- (a) an elongated, self-adhering elastic bandage strip;
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- (b) an absorbent pad being of substantially lesser length than said self-adhering elastic bandage strip, said absorbent pad being affixed to a terminal end of said self-adhering elastic bandage strip;
- said elastic bandage strip being designed, and of sufficient length, such that said absorbent pad may be applied to a wound on a body part, and the remainder of said strip or portion thereof, may be wrapped around said absorbent pad and said body part to hold the compression dressing in place and to exert a compressive force on the wound for a period of time to permit a therapeutic effect to the wound.
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