Wound Care Kit

• US 20100252472A1
• Filed: 04/03/2009
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Law, Michael E., Hess, Kevin
• Granted Patent: US 7,857,137 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/440
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 17/00 First-aid kits

Abstract

A portable wound care kit sized, shaped, and configured to carry only articles necessary for wound care treatment. In one embodiment, the wound care kit contains only a container of wound treatment medicament and two or more wound coverings. However, the wound care kit may also be configured to carry wound cleansing wipes or wound wash. The wound care kit is configured to permit ready and easy access to the wound care treatment articles.

Claims

1. A portable wound care kit comprising:

a container of wound treatment medicament;

two or more wound coverings; and

a housing having;

an interior sized, shaped, and configured to retain said two or more wound coverings therein;

an access opening formed in a wall of said housing to permit withdrawal of one wound covering therethrough; and

a holder sized, shaped, and configured to hold said container of wound treatment medicament therein.

2. A portable wound care kit as in claim 1, wherein:

said housing further comprises a main body within which said interior is provided, and a lid coupled to said main body; and

said wound coverings and said container of wound treatment medicament are held within said interior of said main body.

3. A portable wound care kit as in claim 2, wherein a retaining element is provided in said main body interior to retain said two or more wound coverings in a predetermined place in said main body interior.

4. A portable wound care kit as in claim 1, wherein a holder is formed on an exterior of said main body, and is sized, shaped and configured to engage and to hold a wound treatment medicament container securely on said housing to permit access to said wound treatment medicament container from the exterior of said housing.

5. A portable wound care kit as in claim 4, wherein said access opening and said wound treatment medicament container holder are formed on the same side of said housing.

6. A portable wound care kit as in claim 4, wherein:

said housing further comprises a main body within which said interior is provided, and a lid coupled to said main body; and

said wound coverings are held within said interior of said main body.

7. A portable wound care kit as in claim 1, wherein said wound treatment medicament container is selected from the group consisting of:

a tube, a bottle, a jar, two or more packets, a stick, and a spray dispenser.