Wound treatment bandage

• US 20030153861A1
• Filed: 02/11/2002
• Published: 08/14/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: George R. Royer
• Original Assignee: George R. Royer
• Inventors: Royer, George R.
• Application Number:
  US10/072,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20030153861A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 602/48
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/023 wound covering film layers without a fluid retention layer
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/0057 with openable cover

Abstract

The subject invention is an improved band aid (bandage covering) for use in treatment of wounds where medication is to be administered to a surface wound, infection, or other problem on the skin of an individual, such band aid comprising, in general, a bandage member or similar member adapted to cover the skin area where the wound is located, such bandage member having a portion thereof with an opening on the upper bandage surface that extends to the lower surface of the bandage and which opening has a removable cover over the upper part thereof with the opening being used to insert medication to reach a specific wound area under the bandage and which opening is then recovered after the medication is so placed.

Claims

1. An improved band aid member having an upper surface and a lower surface, such band aid having means to aid in the application and retention of medication on an area of a person'"'"'s skin comprising:

(a) a band aid member having an upper surface and a lower surface, and member having an opening extending from the upper surface to and through the lower surface, said opening being adapted to receive medication for the given area of the person'"'"'s skin;

(b) adhesive means coated in the lower surface of the band aid member.