Modular bandage
AssigneeArizant Healthcare Inc.
InventorsPaul Leslie Knutson, Scott Douglas Augustine, John Paul Rock
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Abstract
A modular bandage for treating wounds located on highly contoured, non-planar regions of a person includes a standoff for placement near the wound, and a sheet of material for forming a sealed environment over the wound in conjunction with the standoff. The modular bandage may further include a heater to thermally regulate the sealed environment formed by the standoff and the sheet of material. A sheet of material for such a bandage may include various uniform or compound structures.
Claims69
A modular bandage for treating a wound, where the wound has a particular area and shape, the bandage comprising:
- a flexible standoff with a height and an opening having a shape and area for accommodating the wound;
- a flexible sheet of material having adhesive on at least one surface;
- and
- a heater in the sheet of material.
A modular bandage for treating a wound, where the wound has a particular area and shape, the bandage comprising:
- two spaced-apart members spanning the wound forming a standoff, each comprising an absorbent material;
- and
- a middle member with an attachment means disposed over the two spaced-apart members.
A modular bandage for treating a wound on a limb, the bandage comprising:
- two or more spaced-apart standoff members spanning the wound, each made of a flexible material and each capable of being deformed to the shape of the limb;
- the standoff members including notches facing the limb to facilitate flexing:
- the standoff members including an adhesive on a surface with the notches to facilitate attachment to the limb and
- a flexible sheet of material with an attachment means for encircling the limb, over the two or more standoff members.
A method for treating a wound, the method comprising:
- flexing a notched linear strip of material forming a flexible standoff;
- placing the flexible standoff around the wound;
- and
- attaching a flexible sheet of material over the standoff and to skin near the wound to form a treatment volume about the wound.
A method for treating a wound on a limb, the method comprising:
- flexing two spaced-apart standoff members around the limb spanning the wound;
- providing a flexible sheet of material that extends over and attaches to skin outside of the two spaced-apart standoff members;
- and
- attaching the flexible sheet of material over the two spaced-apart standoff members with the flexible sheet of material encircling the limb.
A method for treating a wound on a limb, the method comprising:
- flexing two spaced-apart standoff members around the limb spanning the wound;
- attaching e flexible sheet of material over the two spaced-apart standoff members with the flexible sheet of material encircling the limb;
- and
- placing one or more blocks proximate the wound to prevent the flexible sheet from contacting the wound.
A modular bandage for treating a wound, where the wound has a particular area and shape, the bandage comprising:
- a flexible standoff with a height and an opening having a shape and area for accommodating the wound;
- and
- a flexible sheet of material having adhesive on at least one surface;
- the sheet of material having a compound construction including:
- two spaced-apart members each comprising a first material;
- and
- a middle member disposed between the two spaced-apart members and joined with the two spaced-apart members to form a single compound layer,
- the middle member comprising a relatively inelastic material.
A modular bandage for treating a wound, where the wound has a particular area and shape, the bandage comprising:
- a flexible standoff with a height and an opening having a shape and area for accommodating the wound;
- and
- a flexible sheet of material having adhesive on at least one surface;
- the sheet of material having a compound construction including:
- two spaced-apart members, each comprising a first material;
- and
- a middle member disposed over and spanning the two spaced-apart members;
- the middle member comprising a relatively inelastic material.
A modular bandage for treating a wound, where the wound has a particular area and shape, the bandage comprising:
- two spaced-apart members spanning the wound forming a standoff, each comprising a first material;
- a middle member with an attachment means disposed over the two spaced-apart members;
- and
- a heater receivable on a surface of the middle member over the wound.
A modular bandage for treating a wound on a limb, the bandage comprising:
- two or more spaced-apart standoff members spanning the wound, each made of a flexible material and each capable of being deformed to the shape of the limb;
- a flexible sheet of material with an attachment means for encircling the limb, over the two or more standoff members;
- and
- a heater receivable on a surface of the flexible sheet.
A modular bandage for treating a wound on a limb, the bandage comprising:
- two or more spaced-apart standoff members spanning the wound, each made of a flexible material and each capable of being deformed to the shape of the limb;
- a flexible sheet of material with an attachment means for encircling the limb, over the two or more standoff members;
- a pocket received on a surface of the flexible sheet;
- and
- a heater receivable in the pocket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.