Package assembly for plastic film bandage

• US 4,743,232 A
• Filed: 10/06/1986
• Issued: 05/10/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Clinipad Corp.
• Original Assignee: Clinipad Corp.
• Inventors: Kruger, Robert J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Truluck, Dalton L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wilkens, Frank
• Application Number:
  US06/915,564
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• Field of Search: 604/180, 604/177, 604/174, 604/263, 604/304, 604/305, 604/307, 604/313, 604/344, 128/132 R, 128/132 D, 128/133, 128/DIG. 26, 128/156, 128/169, 128/171, 206/339, 206/344, 206/439-441, 206/460, 206/484, 206/484.1
• US Class Current: 604/180
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/023 wound covering film layers without a fluid retention layer
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/0017 possibility of applying fluid
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/00182 with transparent part
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/00829 rigid or semi-rigid backing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2025/0266 using pads, patches, tapes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/02 Holding devices, e.g. on the body
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 128/26 Cannula supporters

Abstract

A package assembly for a plastic film bandage includes a plastic film bandage having skin adhesive on one side thereof, with a support sheet removably attached to the other side of the bandage and extending beyond the edge of the bandage in at least one area. A tube typically communicates across an end of the bandage with a portion of the tube being positioned against the one side thereof. Means are provided for anchoring the tube into the above-described position. Peel-away protection sheet means are releasably attached to the bandage, covering the one side of the bandage and that portion of the tube which is positioned against the one side. Hinge means are provided, attaching the support sheet and at least a portion of said peel-away protection sheet means at a peripheral position spaced from the bandage. Thus, upon opening, at least a portion of the protection sheet means may be removed from the bandage and may serve as a grippable extension of the support sheet as the bandage is applied to a patient.

Claims

1. A package assembly for a plastic film bandage, which comprises:

a plastic film bandage having skin adhesive on one side thereof;

a support sheet removably attached to the other side opposed to said one side of said plastic film bandage and extending beyond the edge of said bandage in at least one area;

a tube communicating across an edge of said bandage, a portion of said tube being positioned against said one side thereof;

means for anchoring said tube into the above-described position;

peel-away protection sheet means releasably attached to said bandage and covering the one side of said bandage and that portion of said tube which is positioned against said one side; and

hinge means attaching said support sheet and at least a portion of said peel-away protection sheet means at a peripheral position spaced from said bandage, whereby upon opening, at least a portion of said protection sheet means may be removed and may serve as a grippable extension of said support sheet as the bandage is applied to a patient.

2. The package assembly of claim 1 in which said hinge means is a line of permanent adhesive which joins said support sheet and protection sheet means.

3. The package assembly of claim 1 in which said tube anchoring means comprises a plastic member defining a tube-receiving bore and a pair of opposed thin edges positioned essentially parallel to said bore, one wall so said plastic members extending between said edges being substantially planar, and an opposed wall thereto extending between said edges defining an outwardly projecting curved surface, said opposed wall being attached to said one side of the bandage.

4. The package assembly of claim 1 in which said peel-away protection sheet means comprises a pair of separate sheets, one of which is attached to said hinge means.

5. The package assembly of claim 1 in which said support sheet is transparent.

6. The package assembly of claim 1 in which said support sheet extends beyond said bandage in at least two, opposed areas.

7. A package assembly for a plastic film bandage, which comprises:

a plastic film bandage having skin adhesive on one side thereof;

a transparent support sheet removably attached to the other side of said plastic film bandage and extending beyond the edge of said bandage in at least one area;

a tube communicating across an edge of said bandage, a portion of said tube being positioned against said one side thereof;

means for anchoring said tube into the above-described position, said anchoring means comprising a plastic member defining a tube-receiving bore and a pair of opposed, thin edges positioned essentially parallel to said bore, one wall of said plastic member extending between said edges being substantially planar, and an opposed wall of said plastic member extending between said edges defining an outwardly projecting, curved surface, said opposed wall being attached to said on side of the bandage;

peel-away protection sheet means releasably attached to said bandage and covering the one side of said bandage and that portion of said tube which is positioned against said one side; and

hinge means attaching said support sheet and at least a portion of said peel-away protection sheet means at a peripheral position spaced from said bandage, said hinge means being defined by a line of adhesive which joins said support sheet and protection sheet means, whereby, upon opening of said package assembly, at least a portion of said protection sheet means may be removed from contact with the plastic film bandage and may serve as a grippable extension of said support sheet as the bandage is applied to a patient.

8. The package assembly of claim 7 in which said peel-away protection sheet means comprises a pair of separate sheets, one of which is attached to said hinge means.

10. The package assembly of claim 7 in which said hinge means is a line of permanent adhesive.

9. The method of applying a plastic film bandage having skin adhesive on one side thereof to a patient, said plastic film bandage having a support sheet removably attached to the other side opposed to said one side of said plastic film bandage and extending beyond the edge of said bandage in at least a pair of opposed areas, said bandage carrying a tube which communicates across an edge of said bandage, a portion of said tube being positioned against said one side thereof, said tube having means for anchoring it into position, said bandage plus said anchoring means and a portion of said tube also being covered with peel-away protection sheet means on said one side of the bandage, said support sheet and peel-away protection sheet means being connected together at a peripheral position spaced from said bandage by hinge means, which method comprises:

removing said peel-away protection sheet means from the one side of the bandage to expose said skin adhesive;

gripping at least a portion of said protection sheet means to extend it into approximately a plane similar to the plane occupied by said support sheet, with said extended portion of the protection sheet means and support sheet being connected by said hinge means, while grasping an opposed area of said support sheet on the other side of said bandage from said hange means, without touching said bandage;

bringing the adhesive-carrying one side of said bandage into adjacent, facing relation to the site of application without touching said bandage, and bringing said one side into adhesive contact with said site of application; and

thereafter peeling away said support sheet from said plastic film bandage.