DE3118232A1 - Skin dressing - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a skin dressing with a base layer resting upon the skin and a fastening means by which the base layer is pressed against the skin at least in its edge region. The skin dressing is preferably designed as a plaster. A simplified physical or combined physical/drug therapy in which exchange of the physical/therapeutic aid is possible without removal of the dressing is achieved in that a covering layer is provided and extends over part of the base layer in such a way that a chamber is formed between the base layer and the covering layer and that the covering layer has a resealable opening through which the chamber is accessible when the dressing is applied.

Description

Skin bandage

The invention relates to a skin dressing with one resting on the skin Base layer and a fastening device through which the base layer at least is pressed against the skin in its edge area.

The skin dressing according to the invention is in particular for the purpose of a physical or combined physical-drug therapy. One Such therapy is particularly important in the joint diseases that are widespread today important. In addition to agents to be taken orally, in particular various locally applicable drugs are used. In particular, these are ointments and other preparations that enable heat-stimulus therapy. You will be in rubbed the skin. Due to a chemical reaction, the blood flow to the treated skin area is promoted and the body's own heat can be used therapeutically made. Similarly, there are also cooling preparations that have the cooling effect usually based on the heat consumed by evaporation of the preparation.

In addition, purely physical treatment agents are also used, namely in particular heat or coolant in the form of previously heated or cooled heat-storing Pillow or! * ESSbag? @Undtettleichen.

These are usually placed loosely on the body part concerned or attached to the skin with a separate bandage.

Compared to these known facilities would be a therapeutic one Aids desirable, which in particular a combined medicinal and enables physical therapy of corresponding parts of the body. In particular, should long-term treatment be possible with as little effort as possible, which requires that the heat or refrigerant because of its limited duration of use as possible is easily exchangeable, while the additional locally applied if necessary effective drug has a longer duration of action anyway and therefore if possible should remain on the skin. This is done with the known devices of the introduction mentioned type not achieved.

The object of the present invention is therefore to provide a skin dressing for physical or combined physical-drug therapy is available to provide, in which without removing the bandage a replacement of the physical-therapeutic Aid is possible.

According to the invention, this object is achieved in the case of a skin dressing as described at the beginning specified type solved in that a cover layer is provided which the base layer partially spanned in such a way that between the base layer and Cover layer a chamber is formed and that the cover layer is a reclosable one Has opening through which the chamber is accessible when the bandage is applied.

The skin dressing according to the invention can be used for various physical-therapeutic purposes Aids to be suitable.

Preferably, the chamber in the skin dressing is for receiving a heat or refrigerant suitable, which is known to be designed in many ways can be. Particularly suitable for the invention are heat or refrigerants that essentially have a flat, pillow-like shape. The heat transfer from the heat or coolant to the skin is improved when the base layer of the skin bandage is thermally conductive and the top layer is thermally insulating. Preferred For this purpose, the cover layer closes a layer which prevents heat conduction made of plastic foam and optionally an additional reflective insulation layer a.

Another form of physical-therapeutic aids to their Recording the chamber in the skin bandage is preferably suitable, is a corresponding one Shaped spacers, in particular those curved concavely to the skin.

This increases the pressure applied by the skin plaster in the area of the spacer decisively reduced, which is particularly common with pressure-sensitive injuries is very important. Due to the interchangeability of the spacer, it is in this one If possible, for example at a later date, without removing the skin bandage having to switch to heat-assisted therapy.

A particularly smooth application of the base layer of the skin plaster the skin on the one hand and a reliable fit of the physical-therapeutic Aid in the chamber on the other hand is according to a further preferred embodiment of the invention achieved in that the cover layer is more elastic in the region of the chamber than the base layer is. Depending on the application, it can also be useful be to form the top layer impermeable to water.

the opening in the top layer through which the chamber is accessible, can be used in many ways, for example as a plastic zipper be made lockable. It particularly preferably consists of one on the edge the slot located in the chamber, which can be closed with a splash-proof flap is.

This design makes it particularly possible, also proportionally stiff and physico-therapeutic that makes extensive use of the entire area of the chamber To insert aids in the chamber.

According to further preferred embodiments, the inventive Skin dressing for special applications particularly advantageous as a skin plaster, as part of a neck support in the neck area or as part of a Be executed around the body part bandage.

Such embodiments of the invention are in the drawings shown as an example. They show: FIG. 1 - a schematic representation of a skin plaster according to the invention, FIG. 1A being a plan view from above, FIG. 1B is a plan view from below and FIG. 1C is a longitudinal section.

Fig. 2 - a perspective view of an inventive Skin plaster from which it can be seen how the physical-therapeutic aids be introduced into the chamber of the skin dressing.

Fig. SA and 3B - a skin dressing according to the invention as a component a neck brace in the neck area.

Figures A and 4B - a skin dressing according to the invention as a component a knee brace.

5A to 5C - a skin dressing according to the invention as a component medical undergarments.

A skin plaster 10, which has a base layer, can be seen in FIGS. 1A to 1C 12 includes, which in turn consists of a base layer support 14 and a bandage gauze 16 consists. A cover layer 18 which spans the base layer 12 can also be seen and is connected to it at the edge. The edge is designed as an adhesive edge 20 and has an adhesive layer 22. The cover layer 18 includes a plaster fabric 19 a.

In the area in which the top layer 18 spans the base layer 12, both together form a chamber 24, which is used to accommodate a physico-therapeutic Aid serves. Shown in the figures is a pillow-shaped, non-wetting one Heating or refrigerant, which in the following for the sake of simplicity is ala thermal storage and is provided with the reference numeral 26.

In Figs. 1A and 1B, the boundary 25 of the chamber 24 and the Boundary 27 of a thermal accumulator 26 introduced into the chamber 24 is shown in dashed lines drawn in to show the location of these elements. You can see that the chamber in the area of the skin plaster 10 delimited by the adhesive edge 20 extends, with it at the upper end in the figures to the edge of the plaster is continued. There is an opening that can be seen more clearly in FIG. 2 28, which is closed with a closure plate 30 which, as shown in FIG. 1C, to is attached to the base layer and around it on top of the plaster can be folded in order to close the opening 28. On the surface the closure flap 30 is in a suitable manner, for example by push buttons or a Velcro fastener. This results in a splash-proof Closure of the opening 28. In an embodiment not shown is the closure flap in the area of its lateral edges 31 with the cover layer 18 at least partially connected, so that an additional closure element (Velcro fastener or the like) is not necessary.

FIG. 2 shows how a thermal store 26 is inserted into the opening 28 leaves. In this figure, the flap 30 is open and the opening 28 for the thermal store 26 clearly visible. It is in a manner indicated by the arrow 34 pushed into the opening 28 in a flat position. Alternatively, one can also be used for the skin A concavely curved spacer inserted through the opening 28 into the chamber 24 to relieve pressure of a wound under the chamber area 25 is located.

Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of the invention, which is particularly for combined physical and medicinal treatment in the neck area of humans suitable, especially for diseases that already require the use of a neck brace make necessary in the neck area. One recognizes in Fig. 3A in section, in Fig. 3B in a perspective view of a neck support 40, which by a Velcro fastener 42 is set on the patient's neck. The chamber 24 'with the thermal accumulator 26 'is located in the neck area and is in the illustrated embodiment closed with a zipper 44.

Fig. 4 shows an embodiment of the invention in which the chamber 24 "is part of a knee brace.

FIG. 4A shows a section and FIG. 4B shows a perspective illustration a knee bandage 50 with a lateral Velcro fastener 52, with one chamber each 24 ″ is arranged at a suitable location on the knee brace 50 and accommodates a Thermal storage 26 "is used.

The chamber is closed by a flap 30 ".

Finally, FIG. 5 shows the advantageous manner in which chambers according to FIG of the present invention in therapeutic undergarments, shown is a pair of underpants, can be accommodated. The underpants are denoted by the reference numeral 60. A total of four chambers 24 '' 'are shown, each of which is used for receiving Thermal accumulators 26 "'are used and can be closed with flaps 30"'.

The three front chambers 24 "'are used to treat diseases the bladder and ureter area, while the chamber on the buttocks in particular is suitable for the treatment of diseases of the lower spine.

Claims (9)

Claims 1. Skin dressing with a base layer lying on the skin and a fastening device through which the base layer at least in its Edge area is pressed against the skin, characterized in that a cover layer (18) is provided, which partially spans the base layer (12) in such a way that that a chamber (24) is formed between the base layer (12) and the cover layer (18) and in that the cover sheet (18) has a resealable opening (28) through it which the chamber (24) is accessible when the bandage (10, 40, 50, 60) is applied. 2. Skin dressing according to claim 1, characterized in that the chamber (24) is suitable for absorbing a heat or refrigerant (26). 3. Skin dressing according to claim 2, characterized in that the base layer (12) has a relatively good thermal conductivity and the cover layer (18) is thermally insulating. 4. Skin dressing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that that the chamber (24) for receiving a spacer curved concavely to the skin (36) is suitable. 5. Skin dressing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that that the cover layer (18) in the region of the chamber is more elastic than the base layer (12) is. 6. Skin dressing according to one of the previous claims, thereby characterized in that the opening (28) as a slot located on the edge of the chamber (12) is formed, which can be closed with a flap (30) in a splash-proof manner. 7. Skin dressing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that that it is designed in the manner of a skin plaster (10), the base layer (12) a bandage gauze (16) and in particular designed as a medicament carrier the cover layer (18) includes a plaster fabric (19), the bandage gauze and the Plaster fabric (19) are continuously connected at the edge and one facing the skin Have an adhesive layer (22) as a fastening device. 8. Skin dressing according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that that it is part of a neck support (40) in the neck area. 9. Skin dressing after a. of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that that it is part of a bandage (50) 60) surrounding a body part.