Nasal-packing article
First Claim
1. A laminar nasal packing article fabricated from a porous, absorbent, cellular material that is compressible to a dimensionally stable form, when dry, and is expansible from its dry, compressed state when wetted and is resiliently deformable in its wet, expanded state, said article comprising a plurality of laminae, each lamina having opposite ends, opposed transverse faces and opposed lateral faces, and each lamina having a length dimension, taken between said opposite ends, and a thickness dimension and a width dimension taken, respectively, between said opposed transverse faces and said opposed lateral faces, said laminae being disposed with said transverse faces of adjacent lamina in mutual, direct, full-surface contact and being compressed together in the dry state and in the direction perpendicular to said contacting transverse faces to thereby bond and unite said laminae in a stable, dry, compressed state of mechanical interengagement throughout the areas of said mutual contact, said dry laminae being devoid of any container comprising said article and being manually disengagable inwardly from one of said ends and along at least a major portion of the length of said article to enable at least partial delamination and removal of said laminae from one another, and said lamina being free to move independently and to separate from one another along said major portion in hydrated condition for effectively applying gentle pressure to substantially all parts of the nasal cavity in which said article is inserted.
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Abstract
A nasal packing article, made from a material that is expansible when wetted, is formed with a plurality of laminae that are independently movable and separable from one another, and that expand to effectively exert hemostatic pressure. The article may comprise an assembly of layers interengaged in face-to-face contact, or it may be defined by slits that extend entirely through the thickness or width of the body but terminate short of one end, to leave the laminae connected thereat.
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- 1. A laminar nasal packing article fabricated from a porous, absorbent, cellular material that is compressible to a dimensionally stable form, when dry, and is expansible from its dry, compressed state when wetted and is resiliently deformable in its wet, expanded state, said article comprising a plurality of laminae, each lamina having opposite ends, opposed transverse faces and opposed lateral faces, and each lamina having a length dimension, taken between said opposite ends, and a thickness dimension and a width dimension taken, respectively, between said opposed transverse faces and said opposed lateral faces, said laminae being disposed with said transverse faces of adjacent lamina in mutual, direct, full-surface contact and being compressed together in the dry state and in the direction perpendicular to said contacting transverse faces to thereby bond and unite said laminae in a stable, dry, compressed state of mechanical interengagement throughout the areas of said mutual contact, said dry laminae being devoid of any container comprising said article and being manually disengagable inwardly from one of said ends and along at least a major portion of the length of said article to enable at least partial delamination and removal of said laminae from one another, and said lamina being free to move independently and to separate from one another along said major portion in hydrated condition for effectively applying gentle pressure to substantially all parts of the nasal cavity in which said article is inserted.
- 19. A laminar nasal packing article fabricated from a porous, absorbent, cellular material that is compressible to a dimensionally stable form, when dry, and is expansible from its dry, compressed state when wetted and is resiliently deformable in its wet, expanded state, said article comprising a plurality of laminae, each lamina having opposite ends, opposed transverse faces and opposed lateral faces, and each lamina having a length dimension, taken between said opposite ends, and a thickness dimension and a width dimension taken, respectively, between said opposed transverse faces and said opposed lateral faces, said laminae being disposed with said transverse faces of adjacent lamina in mutual, direct, full-surface contact and being compressed together in the dry state and in the direction perpendicular to said contacting transverse faces to thereby bond and unite said laminae in a stable, dry, compressed state of mechanical interengagement throughout the areas of said mutual contact, said dry laminae being devoid of any container comprising said article and being manually disengagable inwardly from one of said ends and along at least a major portion of the length of said article to enable at least partial delamination and removal of said laminae from one another, and said lamina being free to move independently and to separate from one another along said major portion in hydrated condition for effectively applying gentle pressure to substantially all parts of the nasal cavity in which said article is inserted, said article further including connecting means serving to more permanently secure said laminae together, to maintain said full surface contact therebetween, adjacent the other of said opposite ends.
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