Self-adhering cold pack

• US 5,887,437 A
• Filed: 09/30/1997
• Issued: 03/30/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Beekley Corporation
• Original Assignee: Beekley Corporation
• Inventors: Maxim, Rosemary S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tapolcai, William E.
• Application Number:
  US08/940,788
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 62/530, 62/4, 607/112, 248/205.3, 248/683, 224/901
• US Class Current: 62/4
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0226 adhesive, self-sticking
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0276 with separate compartments connectable by rupturing a wall or membrane
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/108 Cold packs, i.e. devices to be cooled or frozen in refrigerator or freezing compartment
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/10 Cooling bags, e.g. ice-bags
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/106 self-cooling, e.g. using a chemical reaction
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2303/0822 Details of the element
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 3/08 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 5/02 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/901 Carrier component having adherent surface

Abstract

A self-adhering cold pack has an envelope defining a sealed cold pack volume. A cooling agent is positioned in the cold pack volume. A bandage sheet is fixed to the envelope by a bandage adhesive. The bandage sheet defines mounting tabs linearly extending from the envelope outer perimeter. The mounting tabs support a bandage adhesive for temporary adhesion of the cold pack to the skin surface of a patient.

Claims

1. A self-adhering cold pack comprising:

a liquid impermeable flexible envelope defining a closed internal cold pack volume and defining an outer perimeter edge;

a cooling agent in said cold pack volume;

a flexible bandage sheet engaging said envelope and having securement means extending longitudinally from said perimeter edge; and

adhesive means for mounting said sheet to said envelope and for temporary adherence of said cold pack to a skin surface.

2. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 1 wherein said cooling agent comprises a water based solution.

3. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 1 wherein said cooling agent has a volume for said cooling agent reaching ambient temperature prior to over cooling of a skin surface.

4. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 1 wherein said envelope defines an envelope width and said tabs have a tab width greater than said envelope width.

5. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 1 further comprising a divider wall in said internal volume dividing said cold pack volume into first and second compartments and said cooling agent comprises a first component in said first compartment and a second component in said second compartment, said first and second components having an endothermic reaction when mixed.

6. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 5 wherein said divider wall is rupturable.

7. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 6 wherein said first component is water and said second component is ammonium nitrate.

8. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 1 wherein said bandage sheet has an upper surface and a lower surface, said adhesive means on said lower surface.

9. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 1 wherein said envelope forms a plurality of separate adjacent internal chambers.

10. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 1 further comprising an insulating layer between said bandage sheet and said envelope.

11. A self-adhering cold pack comprising:

a liquid impermeable envelope defining a closed internal cold pack volume and defining an outer perimeter edge;

a cooling agent comprising substantially water in said cold pack volume;

a flexible bandage sheet having a first surface and an opposite second surface, said second surface engaging said envelope and said sheet having securement tabs extending from said perimeter edge; and

a hypo-allergenic adhesive on substantially all of said second surface for mounting said sheet to said envelope and for temporary adherence of said cold pack to a skin surface by said securement tabs.

12. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 11 wherein said envelope defines an envelope width and said tabs have a tab width greater than said envelope width.

13. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 11 wherein said envelope forms a plurality of adjacent internal chambers separated by said envelope.

14. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 11 further comprising adhesive cover sheets covering substantially the entire second surface of said tabs and mounted to said bandage sheet by said adhesive.

15. The self-adhering cold pack if claim 11 wherein said sheet is a polyethylene sheet.

16. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 11 wherein said cooling agent has a volume for said cooling agent reaching ambient temperature prior to over cooling of a skin surface.

17. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 11 further comprising an insulating layer between said bandage sheet and said envelope.

18. A self-adhering cold pack comprising:

a liquid impermeable envelope defining a closed internal cold pack volume and further defining an outer perimeter edge, said envelope having an upper envelope layer, a lower envelope layer, and a divider wall extending between said upper and lower envelope layers to divide said internal cold pack volume into a plurality of separate chambers, said divider wall rupturable;

a cooling agent in said cold pack volume comprising a first reactive component in one of said chambers, and a second reactive component in another of said chambers, said first and second reactive components having an endothermic reaction when mixed;

a flexible bandage sheet mounted to said envelope and having securement tabs extending from said perimeter edge; and

a hypo-allergenic adhesive on said securement tabs for adherence of said cold pack to a skin surface.

19. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 18 wherein said first reactive component is water and said second reactive component is ammonium nitrate.

20. The self-adhering cold pack of claim 19 wherein said envelope has a dimension of about 3 inches by 4 inches.