Package for wound care products

• US 7,624,869 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2007
• Issued: 12/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Primer, Jonathan S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mohandesi; Jila M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Prange; Sharon M
• Application Number:
  US11/804,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20080283433A1
• Time in Patent Office: 929 Days
• Field of Search: 206/232, 206/440, 206/570, 206/828, 206/459.5, 283/900, 283/81, 283/101, 283/105, 283/106, 283/61, 283/62, 283/63.1, 403/06, 403/10, 406/38, 281/2, 281/3.1, 281/5, 281/15.1, 281/51
• US Class Current: 206/440
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 5/4233 Cards, coupons, labels or the like formed separately from the container or lid
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/828 Medicinal content

Abstract

A wound care package includes a wound care product for treating a severe wound and an individual package in which the wound dressing is stored prior to usage. The wound care package further includes a booklet-type label affixed to an exterior surface of the individual package, the booklet-type label including on its interior surface severe wound treatment information.

Claims

1. A wound care package comprising:

a wound care product for treating a severe wound and including at least one of a silver antimicrobial wound dressing, a silver antimicrobial barrier wound dressing, a non-adhesive foam wound dressing, an adhesive foam wound dressing, hydrogel with silver, a hydrogel filler with silver, a hydrogel sheet with silver, a hydrogel perforated sheet with silver, and a hydro gel barrier with silver, a foam, or a foam with silver;

an individual package in the form of a pouch in which the wound care product is stored prior to usage;

a booklet-type label affixed to an exterior surface of the individual package, the booklet-type label including on its interior surface severe wound treatment information;

at least one removable label attached to the booklet-type label, the removable label including a markable surface and one or more of a crack-and-peel label and a perforated label;

a secondary label having a set of directions for applying the wound care product, the secondary label being directly affixed to the exterior surface of the individual package, the booklet-type label being directly affixed to the secondary label such that the secondary label is obscured from view until the booklet-type label is removed to reveal the secondary label; and

a box containing a plurality of individual packages, one of the plurality of individual packages being the individual package in which the wound care product is stored prior to usage, the box having usage information printed on at least one of its exterior surfaces, the usage information including product classification information for identifying the severe wound being treated.

2. A method for providing a severe wound care package, the method comprising:

inserting a wound care product into an individual package;

attaching a booklet-type label to an exterior surface of the individual package; and

providing a set of usage directions for treating a severe wound, the set of usage directions being located on an interior surface of the booklet-type label and including photographic instructions;

removably attaching at least one removable label to the booklet-type label;

providing a markable area on the removable label;

inserting a plurality of individual packages in a box container, the plurality of individual packages including the individual package, the box container includes usage information printed on at least one of its exterior surfaces;

attaching a sheet of directions in direct contact with an exterior surface of the individual package; and

removably attaching the booklet-type label in direct contact with the sheet of directions, the sheet of directions being obscured from view until the booklet-type label is removed.

3. A wound dressing package for treatment of a severe wound, the wound dressing package comprising:

a container;

a plurality of individual pouches located inside the container;

a wound dressing located inside each of the plurality of individual pouches;

a main label attached to an exterior surface of each of the plurality of individual pouches, the main label including a top sheet and a bottom sheet connected to each other along one edge, the main label including severe wound treatment information on an interior surface of the bottom sheet;

a removable label located on the main label, the removable label including a user markable area; and

a secondary label located between the main label and the exterior surface of a respective pouch of the plurality of individual pouches, the secondary label being completely obscured by the main label and including an abbreviated version of the severe wound treatment information of the main label;

wherein the main label is removably attached to the exterior surface of each of the plurality of individual pouches, the secondary label being revealed upon removal of the main label.