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US Patent Classification Field: Class 5 Pharmaceutical and other preparations for medical or veterinary purposes.
Current State of Bandage Art to Protect Small Scratches and Bruises:
When I recently had my Covid-19 shot there were over 50 people waiting in line to get the shot. After I received a shot on my arm the nurse asked me to hold a piece of cotton over the injection area. She then turned around and teared off a couple of layers of protective materials to get a bandage out of a strip and used it to cover the injection area on my arm.
As I watched the nurse giving shots to next few people in turn I realized that the nurse spent a lot more time in getting a bandage out of its protective wraps of material as compared to the time she spent in actually giving the injection.
When it came time to remove the bandage off my arm I had to first slide my finger nail between one edge of the bandage and my skin to ‘scratch’ out a starting edge of the bandage so I could grab and hold the edge and pull the bandage off.
A bandage in the market today to cover a small wound or injection area is mostly available as a single strip made up of a single bandage wrapped around with multiple layers of protective materials which need to be carefully teared off first to access the bandage. When such a bandage needs to be removed most times one needs to scratch out a leading edge to hold and pull the bandage off one's skin.
This invention delivers multiple bandages of the same size attached to a wax paper roll. Each bandage has a Tab attached. The Tab allows a bandage to be pulled off quickly from the wax paper roll and use it to cover a small wound or injection area. The Tab also provides a leading edge for easy and safe removal of the bandage from one's skin.
Following are details of how to create and use the proposed bandage. A total of fifty (50) bandages adhered to a wax paper roll to be made available to the end user.
Each bandage is made separately and has three components assembled together:
First on a clean sterilized work table the cotton Strip (A) is placed longitudinally with adhesive side facing up.
Next the cotton Pad (B) is adhered longitudinally at the center of Strip (A) such that there is a margin of 1″ between left edges of Pad (B) and Strip (A) and a crosswise margin of ⅛″ between the top edge of Strip (A) and top edge of Pad (B).
The wax paper Tab (C) is then adhered at the center of the left edge of Strip (A) such that ¼″ of the Tab (C) is attached to Strip (A) and the other ¼″ of Tab (C) is hanging out unattached. Refer to
Each bandage is then adhered face down 4 inches apart to a 1½″ W×200″ L wax paper roll. There will be 50 bandages attached over the length of the wax paper roll. The wax paper roll will have perforations 4 inches apart longitudinally. Refer to
When needed to cover and protect a small bruised area the user first pulls the leading edge of wax paper roll that has a bandage attached to it.
The user then holds down a part of the wax paper underneath the bandage with one hand and then pulls off the bandage with other hand using the wax paper Tab. Refer to
The bandage is then adhered to one's skin such that the Pad (B) completely covers the bruised area. Refer to
When the bandage needs to be removed from one's skin the user first holds down exposed area of his skin few inches away from the bandage with one hand, holds the wax paper Tab (C) with the other hand and uses it to pull the bandage off.
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After pulling a bandage off the wax paper roll the piece of wax paper that was attached under the bandage can be teared off at the perforations and discarded.