ADHESIVE CASUALTY AND TRIAGE CARD

• US 20130043669A1
• Filed: 08/17/2012
• Published: 02/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Seaberg Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: The Seaberg Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Hopman, Lance David, Polliack, Adrian Abram
• Granted Patent: US 8,959,815 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 283/67
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/00 Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 25/28 for use in medical treatment or therapy

Abstract

A casualty and triage information collection form and record sheet of flexible plastic film including a writing surface and backed by a layer of an adhesive by which the record sheet can be attached to a patient'"'"'s clothing or skin. The flexible plastic film is strong enough and elastic enough to serve as a wound dressing. The adhesive is protected before use by a release liner sheet.

Claims

1. A device for recording medical information for an injured person, comprising:

(a) a sheet of a flexible film including an imprinted form suggesting desired patient information and including a writing surface on which to record patient information;

(b) a fastening layer of an adhesive material associated with and arranged with respect to said sheet of flexible film so as to be capable of adhering said sheet of flexible film to an injured person; and

(c) a release liner sheet adhered to said layer of adhesive material and including a handle extending free of said layer of adhesive material to facilitate removal of said release liner sheet to expose said layer of adhesive material for use in attaching said sheet of a flexible film to an injured person.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said sheet of a flexible film is sufficiently strong, elastic, and flexible to be used as a wound dressing to be attached by said fastening layer of an adhesive material.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said sheet of a flexible film includes two layers of flexible film laminated together by an adhesive, and wherein said form is imprinted on a surface of one of the two layers confronting the other one of the two layers, so that the form is contained between the two layers.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said fastening layer of an adhesive material includes an adhesive material of a first kind in a central area and an adhesive material of a second kind in a narrow peripheral border strip at least partially surrounding said central area, said adhesive material of said second kind being capable of limiting spread of said adhesive of said first kind when said release liner sheet is adhered to said layer of adhesive material of said second kind

5. The device of claim 4 wherein said first kind of adhesive material is a hydrogel.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein said second kind of adhesive material is an acrylic-based adhesive material.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein said peripheral border strip has a width of at least about 0.25 inch.

8. The device of claim 4 wherein said first kind of adhesive material is a hydrocolloid.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein said second kind of adhesive material is an acrylic-based adhesive material.

10. The device of claim 9 wherein said border strip has a width of at least about 0.25 inch.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein said release liner sheet is stiffer than said sheet of a flexible film.

12. The device of claim 1 including a handle portion of plastic film material extending along a margin of said sheet of a flexible film, said handle portion being free from said layer of adhesive material and from said release liner sheet.

13. The device of claim 12 including a lanyard attachment.

14. The device of claim 12 further including a separator cover strip of plastic film attached to said handle portion by a marginal portion of said fastener layer of an adhesive material and confronting said release liner sheet.

15. The device of claim 1 wherein said adhesive material of said fastener layer is an acrylic-based adhesive material.

16. The device of claim 1 wherein said adhesive material of said fastener layer is a rubber-based adhesive material.

17. The device of claim 1 wherein said flexible film is of polyurethane.

18. The device of claim 1 wherein said flexible film is of polyethylene.

19. The device of claim 1 wherein said flexible film has a thickness in the range of 0.001 inch-0.005 inch.

20. A method of conveying information for use in triage and treatment of an injured person, comprising:

(a) providing a medical information form imprinted on a sheet of a flexible polymeric film having a writing surface on a first side and a fastening layer of an adhesive material on a second side;

(b) recording patient data regarding the injured person on the writing surface; and

(c) using the fastening layer of adhesive material to fasten the information form to the person.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of using the fastening layer includes placing the information form directly onto and adhering it to the person'"'"'s skin.

22. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of using the fastening layer includes placing the information form over a wound as a dressing and retaining it by adhesion to the person'"'"'s skin.

23. The method of claim 20 wherein the step of using the fastening layer includes placing the information form into, and adhering it to, the person'"'"'s clothing.