Wound care kit

• US 7,857,137 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2009
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: J&J Consumer Companies Incorporated
• Inventors: Law, Michael E., Hess, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Gehman; Bryon P
• Application Number:
  US12/418,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20100252472A1
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 206 38- 381, 206440-441, 206570-572, 206/803
• US Class Current: 206/570
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 17/00 First-aid kits

Abstract

A portable wound care kit sized, shaped, and configured to carry only articles necessary for wound care treatment. In one embodiment, the wound care kit contains only a container of wound treatment medicament and two or more wound coverings. However, the wound care kit may also be configured to carry wound cleansing wipes or wound wash. The wound care kit is configured to permit ready and easy access to the wound care treatment articles.

Claims

1. A compact portable wound care kit comprising:

a container of wound treatment medicament;

two or more wound coverings; and

a housing having;

a main body having a plurality of outer walls and an interior defined by said outer walls of said main body, said main body interior being sized, shaped, and configured to retain said two or more wound coverings therein, and sized and shaped at its perimeter to substantially match the size and shape of the perimeter of an individual one of said wound coverings to reduce shifting of said wound coverings therein;

a lid coupled to said main body to enclose said main body interior when in a closed position and to access said main body interior when in an opened position; and

an access opening formed in a said outer wall of said main body permit withdrawal of one wound covering therethrough without opening said lid; and

wherein;

said housing has a longer side defining a housing length and a shorter side defining a housing width, and is sized and shaped to hold said wound treatment medicament container and wound coverings in parallel and side-by-side along said housing length, said wound treatment medicament container and said wound coverings being shorter than said housing length and narrower than said housing width.

2. A compact portable wound care kit as in claim 1, wherein

said wound coverings and said container of wound treatment medicament are held together within said housing.

3. A compact portable wound care kit as in claim 2, wherein a retaining element is provided in said main body interior to retain said two or more wound coverings in a predetermined place in said main body interior with respect to said access opening.

4. A portable wound care kit as in claim 1, wherein a holder is formed on an exterior of said main body, and is sized, shaped and configured to engage and to hold a wound treatment medicament container securely on said housing to permit access to said wound treatment medicament container from the exterior of said housing.

5. A portable wound care kit as in claim 4, wherein said access opening and said wound treatment medicament container holder are formed on the same side of said housing.

6. A compact portable wound care kit as in claim 1, wherein said wound treatment medicament container is selected from the group consisting of:

a tube, a bottle, a jar, two or more packets, a stick, and a spray dispenser.

7. A compact portable wound care kit as in claim 1, wherein said housing further comprises a holder sized, shaped, and configured to hold said container of wound treatment medicament therein.

8. A compact portable wound care kit as in claim 1, wherein said lid is coupled to said main body along said housing length to permit access to said main body interior along said housing length to lay said wound coverings flat within said main body interior.

9. A compact portable wound care kit as in claim 1, wherein:

said wound coverings are laid flat within said main body interior and said container of wound treatment medicament is laid against said wound coverings within said main body interior; and

said main body interior has a length corresponding to the greater of the individual lengths of said wound coverings and said container of wound treatment medicament.