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Medicating device for nails and adjacent tissue

  • US 5,181,914 A
  • Filed: 05/06/1992
  • Issued: 01/26/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A medicating device for human nails and adjacent tissue comprising:

  • a. a viscoelastic gel pad, having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a lateral perimeter;

    b. a flexible, elastic retaining ring formed to fit closely about the lateral perimeter of said viscoelastic gel pad;

    said retaining ring having an upper surface and a lower surface, and bounding a central area wherein said viscoelastic gel pad is located;

    c. an impermeable, elastic sheet member, attached about the upper surface of said retaining ring, which provides an occlusive layer adjacent to said upper surface of said viscoelastic gel pad;

    d. a thin, porous meshwork affixed to said retaining ring and extending across said central area of said retaining ring to support said viscoelastic gel pad within said central area; and

    e. means for attaching said viscoelastic gel pad and said flexible elastic retaining ring with affixed porous meshwork to a digit of a wearer.

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