Package for wound care products

• US 20080283433A1
• Filed: 05/17/2007
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Primer, Jonathan S.
• Granted Patent: US 7,624,869 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/440
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4233 Cards, coupons, labels or the like formed separately from the container or lid
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/828 Medicinal content

Abstract

A wound care package includes a wound care product for treating a severe wound and an individual package in which the wound dressing is stored prior to usage. The wound care package further includes a booklet-type label affixed to an exterior surface of the individual package, the booklet-type label including on its interior surface severe wound treatment information.

Claims

1. A wound care package comprising:

a wound care product for treating a severe wound;

an individual package in which the wound care product is stored prior to usage; and

a booklet-type label affixed to an exterior surface of the individual package, the booklet-type label including on its interior surface severe wound treatment information.

2. The wound care package of claim 1, further comprising at least one removable label attached to the booklet-type label.

3. The wound care package of claim 2, wherein the removable label includes a markable surface.

4. The wound care package of claim 2, wherein the removable label includes one or more of a crack-and-peel label and a perforated label.

5. The wound care package of claim 1, further comprising a secondary label having a set of directions for applying the wound care product, the secondary label being located on the exterior surface of the individual package.

6. The wound care package of claim 1, wherein the individual package is a pouch.

7. The wound care package of claim 1, wherein the wound care product includes at least one of a silver antimicrobial wound dressing, a silver antimicrobial barrier wound dressing, a non-adhesive foam wound dressing, or an adhesive foam wound dressing.

8. The wound care package of claim 1, wherein the wound care product includes at least one of a hydrogel with silver, a hydrogel filler with silver, a hydrogel sheet with silver, a hydrogel perforated sheet with silver, a hydrogel barrier with silver, a foam, or a foam with silver.

9. The wound care package of claim 1, further comprising a box containing a plurality of individual packages, one of the plurality of individual packages being the individual package in which the wound care product is stored prior to usage, the box having usage information printed on at least one of its exterior surfaces.

10. A method for providing a severe wound care package, the method comprising:

inserting a wound care product into an individual package;

attaching a booklet-type label to an exterior surface of the individual package; and

providing a set of usage directions for treating a severe wound, the set of usage directions being located on an interior surface of the booklet-type label.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising removably attaching at least one removable label to the booklet-type label.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing a markable area on the removable label.

13. The method of claim 10, further comprising inserting a plurality of individual packages in a box container, the plurality of individual packages including the individual package.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the box container includes usage information printed on at least one of its exterior surfaces.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising attaching a sheet of directions in direct contact with an exterior surface of the individual package.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising removably attaching the booklet-type label in direct contact with the sheet of directions.

17. A wound dressing package for treatment of a severe wound, the wound dressing package comprising:

a container;

a plurality of individual pouches located inside the container;

a wound dressing located inside each of the plurality of individual pouches; and

a main label attached to an exterior surface of each of the plurality of individual pouches, the main label including a top sheet and a bottom sheet connected to each other along one edge, the main label including severe wound treatment information on an interior surface of the bottom sheet.

18. The wound dressing package of claim 17, further comprising a removable label located on the main label, the removable label including a user markable area.

19. The wound dressing package of claim 17, further comprising a secondary label located between the main label and the exterior surface of a respective pouch of the plurality of individual pouches, the secondary label being completely obscured by the main label.

20. The wound dressing package of claim 19, wherein the main label is removably attached to the exterior surface of each of the plurality of individual pouches, the secondary label being revealed upon removal of the main label.