Rigid dressing
AssigneeOssur Hf
InventorsGudjon G. Karason, Anton Johannesson
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Abstract
A wound dressing for a body member including a sealed casing formed of a flexible, air impermeable material configured and dimensioned to accommodate and enclose a body member, a compactible filler material disposed in the interior of the casing, and a valve communicating with the interior of the casing for evacuating air therefrom, whereupon the filler material interengages to combine with the casing to form a rigid structure conforming to a body member.
Claims8
A method for applying a wound dressing to a body member, the wound dressing including a sealed casing defining a central portion and a plurality of elongate flaps and lateral flaps having an interior with a compactable filler material disposed therein, the wound dressing further comprises a valve for introducing and evacuating air from the interior of the casing, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing the wound dressing along a substantially flat surface in an extended configuration wherein the elongate and lateral flaps, and the central portion extend along said flat surface to thereby evenly distribute the filler material disposed in the casing;
- positioning the body member onto a first one of the elongate flaps;
- folding the lateral flaps towards the body member and the central portion;
- folding a second one of the elongate flaps over the first elongate flap;
- connecting a vacuum device to the valve;
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- evacuating air from the interior of the casing while maintaining the body member in a predetermined position to cause the filler material to interengage to form a rigid structure conforming to the body member.
A wound dressing for a body member, comprising:
- a sealed casing having an interior cavity and formed of a flexible, air impermeable material configured to accommodate and enclose a body member, the casing defining a central portion and a plurality of flaps including a first elongate flap having first and second ends and a first lateral flap extending from the central portion in a direction generally perpendicular to the first elongate flap, the first end of the first elongate flap connected to a first side of the central portion whereat a division is defined arranged to permit folding of the first elongate flap relative to the central portion;
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- a compactable filler material disposed in the interior of said casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.