Temporary bandage tape

• US 5,310,402 A
• Filed: 06/18/1991
• Issued: 05/10/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ernest J. Rollband
• Original Assignee: Ernest J. Rollband
• Inventors: Rollband, Ernest J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Green, Randall L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): REICHLE, KARIN M
• Application Number:
  US07/716,903
• Time in Patent Office: 1,057 Days
• Field of Search: 128/155, 128/156, 128/169, 128/849-856, 604/180, 604/304-308
• US Class Current: 602/42
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/0269 Tapes for dressing attachment for stoma bags A61F5/443; for nappies or sanitary towels A61F13/58; wound closure tapes A61B17/085; for surgical drapes A61B46/00; attaching catheters A61M25/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 602/903 Surgical tape

Abstract

A tape for attaching bandages, with non-adhesive tabs at each end for easy manipulation and removal while wearing gloves is disclosed. Also disclosed are tapes with target markings for location of a puncture wound, tapes with pressure disks or plates attached, and methods of making and using the tapes.

Claims

1. A roll of tapes with non-adhesive ends which may be used by a gloved person, comprising:

a) a center spool,

b) a length of tape wound around said spool, said tape comprising repeating segments, each of said segments comprising;

1) a first non-adhesive section, having non-adhesive surfaces on both sides thereof,

2) a second non-adhesive section, having non-adhesive surfaces on both sides thereof, and

3) an adhesive section, having an adhesive surface on one side thereof and a non-adhesive surface on the other side thereof, disposed between said first non-adhesive section and said second non-adhesive section such that said adhesive surface covers the entire area on the one side of said adhesive section between said first non-adhesive section and said second non-adhesive section, and is permanently attached to said first and second non-adhesive sections,

whereby each of said repeating segments is attached to at least one other of said repeating segments, in an end-to-end manner, with a perforated attachment between segments;

wherein the non-adhesive sections of each of said segments are of sufficient size to enable said gloved person to grasp one of said non-adhesive sections using a hand covered by a glove, without having said glove come into contact with the adhesive surface of the adhesive section of said segment, and wherein said sections are transparent.

2. The roll of claim 1, wherein the adhesive section of each of said repeating segments further comprises a target for marking the exact spot of a wound.

3. The roll of claim 2, wherein said target is in the form of an "X".