Absorptive breast bandage
AssigneeELN Group, LLC
InventorsNina Krasikoff, Laurine Sargent, Eric Ladewig, Lenore McCarthy
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Abstract
An absorptive breast bandage adapted to conform to the contours of a human breast. In one embodiment, the absorptive breast bandage comprises a half-moon shaped planar absorbent body configured for absorbing secreted bodily fluids from a post-surgical patient's surgical incision on the human breast. The half-moon shaped absorbent body includes a first surface and a second surface and it is configured to draw the secreted bodily fluids from the post-surgical patient's surgical incision and store the secreted bodily fluids.
Claims9
An absorptive bandage adapted to conform to contours of a skin surface, said absorptive bandage consists of a flat out half-moon shaped absorbent body and an adhesive portion, wherein said flat out half-moon shaped absorbent body includes a skin-facing surface and a garment-facing surface and said half-moon shaped absorbent body is adapted to draw fluids from the skin surface with said half-moon shaped absorbent disposed such that said skin-facing surface faces the skin surface and store the fluids and said garment-facing surface consists of a crest portion and a base portion, said adhesive portion is disposed on only said crest portion.
An absorptive bandage adapted to conform to contours of a skin surface, said absorptive bandage consists of a tail, a flat out half-moon shaped absorbent body having a crest portion and a base portion having a width, wherein said half-moon shaped absorbent body has a skin-facing surface and a garment-facing surface and said half-moon shaped absorbent body is adapted to draw fluids from the skin surface with said half-moon shaped absorbent disposed such that said skin-facing surface faces the skin surface and store the fluids and said tail is configured to extend a length laterally from said base portion and the ratio of said width of said base to said length of said tail is about 3:1.
An absorptive breast bandage adapted to conform to contours of a human breast, said absorptive breast bandage consists of a flat out half-moon shaped absorbent body and an adhesive portion, wherein said half-moon shaped absorbent body includes a breast-facing surface and a garment-facing surface and said half-moon shaped absorbent body is adapted to draw secreted bodily fluids from a post-surgical incision on the human breast with said half-moon shaped absorbent body disposed such that said breast-facing surface faces the post-surgical incision and store the secreted bodily fluids and said garment-facing surface consists of a crest portion and a base portion, said adhesive portion is disposed on only said crest portion and configured to be attachable to a lower portion of an inside surface of a bra cup disposed over the human breast.
An absorptive bandage adapted to conform to contours of a breast surface, said absorptive bandage consists of a tail, a flat out half-moon shaped absorbent body having a crest portion and a base portion having a width, wherein said half-moon shaped absorbent body has a breast-facing surface and a garment-facing surface and said half-moon shaped absorbent body is adapted to draw fluids from a post-surgical incision on the human breast with said half-moon shaped absorbent disposed such that said breast-facing surface faces the skin surface and store the fluids and said tail is configured to extend a length laterally from said base portion and the ratio of said width of said base to said length of said tail is about 3:1.
An absorptive breast bandage adapted to conform to contours of a human breast, said absorptive breast bandage consisting of a flat out half-moon shaped absorbent body having a breast-facing surface and a garment-facing surface, wherein said half-moon shaped absorbent body has an adhesive portion disposed on the entire periphery of said breast-facing surface for attachment of said absorptive breast bandage to the human breast, wherein said half-moon shaped absorbent body is adapted to draw secreted bodily fluids from a post-surgical incision on the human breast with said half-moon shaped absorbent body disposed such that said breast-facing surface faces the post-surgical incision and store the secreted bodily fluids.
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