Surgical bandage, dressing and the like
First Claim
1. A NON-ADHESIVE SURGICAL BANDAGE HAVING FIRMNESS AND CLOSED-MESH CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO CLOSELY-WOVEN CLOTH BANDAGE DURING APPLICATION WHILE ENABLING LATERAL EXPANSION TO OPEN THE MESHES AND TO PROVIDE SHEARING ACTION DURING REMOVAL, AND CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN ADHESIVE-FREE THREAD-TYPE CLOTH FABRIC HAVING NUMEROUS THREAD INTERSECTIONS, THE THREADS BEING ARRANGED TO ENABLE AT LEAST 25% EXTENSION IN ONE DIMENSION BY MOVEMENT OF THE THREADS AT SAID INTERSECTIONS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER WITH COMPLEMENTARY CONTRACTION IN ITS TRANSVERSE DIMENSION, EXTENDED TO SUBSTANTIALLY ITS MAXIMUM LENGTH WITH THREAD DRAWN TOGETHER SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSING THE MESHES, AND MEANS RETAINING SAID FABRIC IN ITS EXTENDED CLOSEDMESH CONDITION AGAINST SELF-RECOVERY THEREFROM BY THE CONFORMATION AND STIFFNESS OF THE INTERSECTING THREADS, THE BANDAGE BEING NON-STRETCHING LENGTHWISE DURING APPLICATION WITH SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED MESHES WHICH CAN BE OPENED AND ENLARGED READILY BY LATERAL PULL.
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1. A NON-ADHESIVE SURGICAL BANDAGE HAVING FIRMNESS AND CLOSED-MESH CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO CLOSELY-WOVEN CLOTH BANDAGE DURING APPLICATION WHILE ENABLING LATERAL EXPANSION TO OPEN THE MESHES AND TO PROVIDE SHEARING ACTION DURING REMOVAL, AND CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN ADHESIVE-FREE THREAD-TYPE CLOTH FABRIC HAVING NUMEROUS THREAD INTERSECTIONS, THE THREADS BEING ARRANGED TO ENABLE AT LEAST 25% EXTENSION IN ONE DIMENSION BY MOVEMENT OF THE THREADS AT SAID INTERSECTIONS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER WITH COMPLEMENTARY CONTRACTION IN ITS TRANSVERSE DIMENSION, EXTENDED TO SUBSTANTIALLY ITS MAXIMUM LENGTH WITH THREAD DRAWN TOGETHER SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSING THE MESHES, AND MEANS RETAINING SAID FABRIC IN ITS EXTENDED CLOSEDMESH CONDITION AGAINST SELF-RECOVERY THEREFROM BY THE CONFORMATION AND STIFFNESS OF THE INTERSECTING THREADS, THE BANDAGE BEING NON-STRETCHING LENGTHWISE DURING APPLICATION WITH SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSED MESHES WHICH CAN BE OPENED AND ENLARGED READILY BY LATERAL PULL.
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Current AssigneeLeon O. Parker
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Original AssigneeLeon O. Parker
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InventorsParker, Leon O.
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Application NumberUS04/287,029Time in Patent Office1,323 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current602/77CPC Class CodesA61F 13/01038 Flexibility, stretchability...A61F 13/53409 having a folded coreA61F 2013/00102 oblongA61F 2013/00119 elasticA61F 2013/00123 with elastic indicatorA61F 2013/00238 characterised by way of kni...A61F 2013/00246 in a special way pervious t...A61F 2013/00855 pervious to air or vapours
