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The disclosure and prior art relate to wound dressings and more particularly pertain to a new wound dressings for noncontact wound protection.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shell and a coupler. The shell, which defines an interior space, has a bottom that is open so that the shell is configured to position over a wound in skin of a user. The coupler is coupled to the shell and is configured to removably couple to the skin of the user. The coupler is configured to retain the shell over the wound to protect the wound.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The coupler 14 is coupled to the shell 12 and is configured to removably couple to the skin of the user so that the coupler 14 is configured to retain the shell 12 over the wound to protect the wound.
The coupler 14 comprises an adhesive 22 that is configured to removably couple to the skin of the user as the shell 12 is positioned over the wound. The adhesive 22 is pressure sensitive type so that the adhesive 22 is configured to bond under application of light pressure.
In one embodiment, as shown in
In another embodiment, as shown in
A panel 32 is removably coupled to the adhesive 22 so that the panel 32 is selectively detachable from the adhesive 22. The panel 32 is configured to prevent unintended adherence of the adhesive 22. The panel 32 comprises at least one of paper and plastic. A release agent 34 is positioned on the panel 32 so that the panel 32 is configured to removably coupled to the adhesive 22.
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A lip 40 is coupled to and extends from the sidewall 38 adjacent to the bottom 18. The lip 40 is configured to distribute a force applied by the shell 12 to the skin to increase comfort of the user. The lip 40 extends outwardly from the shell 12.
In use, the panel 32 is decoupled from the adhesive 22 so that the user is positioned to place the shell 12 over the wound and to press down on the opposing end sections 28 of the strap 24 to couple the shell 12 to the skin. The shell 12 thus is configured to protect the wound.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.