CA1165986A - Drainage sponge - Google Patents

Drainage sponge

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CA1165986A
CA1165986A CA000396470A CA396470A CA1165986A CA 1165986 A CA1165986 A CA 1165986A CA 000396470 A CA000396470 A CA 000396470A CA 396470 A CA396470 A CA 396470A CA 1165986 A CA1165986 A CA 1165986A
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slit
folded sheet
sponge
side edges
slits
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French (fr)
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John T. Coates
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Kendall Co
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61MDEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M16/00Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. mouth-to-mouth respiration; Tracheal tubes
    • A61M16/04Tracheal tubes
    • A61M16/0465Tracheostomy tubes; Devices for performing a tracheostomy; Accessories therefor, e.g. masks, filters
    • A61M16/047Masks, filters, surgical pads, devices for absorbing secretions, specially adapted therefor
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61FFILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F13/00Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
    • A61F13/12Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads specially adapted for the head or neck

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Pulmonology (AREA)
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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Emergency Medicine (AREA)
  • Anesthesiology (AREA)
  • Hematology (AREA)
  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
  • Prostheses (AREA)
  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
  • Media Introduction/Drainage Providing Device (AREA)
  • Absorbent Articles And Supports Therefor (AREA)

Abstract

DRAINAGE SPONGE

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A sponge comprising, a sheet of absorbent material being folded into a multi-ply configuration, with the folded sheet defining a plurality of side edges. The folded sheet has a first slit extending from one of the side edges inwardly toward a central portion of the folded sheet, with an inner end of the first slit being spaced from the remaining side edges of the folded sheet. The folded sheet has a second slit crossing the first slit at a location spaced slightly from the inner end of the first slit, with opposed ends of the second slit being spaced from the side edges of the folded sheet, and with the first and second slits defining four flaps at the juncture of the first and second slits.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
_ . _ The present invention relates to absorbent products, and more particularly to drainage sponges.
During a tracheostomy procedure on a patient, an open-ing is formed into the trachea, and a tracheostomy tube may beplaced in the opening. Once the tube is in place, body fluids drain through the openlng around the tube to the outside of the patient's body. In the past, it has been found difficult to provide an absorbent medium to capture the body fluids, since the absorbent medium does not readily conform to the shape of the tube adjacent the patlent's body.

SUMM~Y OF TI~E INVENTION
A principal feature of the present invention is the provision of an improved drainage sponge.
The sponge of the present invention comprises, a sheet of absorbent material being folded into a multi-ply con-figuration, with the folded sheet defining a plurality of side edges. The folded sheet has a first slit extending from one o-f the side edges inwardly toward a central portion of the folded sheet, with an inner end of the first slit being spaced from the side edges of the folded sheet. The folded sheet has a second slit crossing the first slit at a location spaced slightly from the inner end of the first slit, with opposed ends of the second slit being spacea from the side edges of the folded sheet, and with the first and second slits defining four flaps at the juncture of the first and second slits.

A feature of the present invention is that the sponge may be placed about a tracheostomy tube by passing the tube through the first slit to the juncture of the first and second ~ ~ ~5986 slits.
Another feature of the present invention is that the sponge extends around the tracheostomy tube at the placed loca-tion with the tube located at the juncture of the first and second slits.
Yet another feature of the invention is that the flaps lie against the tracheostomy tube in the placed location of the tube, and the sponge readily conforms to the shape of the tube to absorb body fluids passing from the patient around the tube.
Further features will become more fully apparent in the following description of the embodiments of this invention and from the appended claims.

DESCRIPTION OF T~IE DRAWINGS
In the drawings:
Figs. 1 and 2 are perspective views illustrating steps in the formation of a drainage sponge of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sponge of the present invention; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the sponge in place ; 20 around a tracheostomy tube in a patient.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Referring now to Fig. 3, there is shown a drainage sponge generally designated 10 of the present inven~ion. With reference to Fig. 1, a sheet 12 of absorbent material has a plurality of peripheral edges 14a, 14b, 14c, and 14d. The sheet 12 in suitable form may be made from a polyester-rayon non-woven material, such as micrexed Novonette ~ SP117, a trademark of The Kendall Company, Boston, Massachusetts. As shown, the sheet 1~ is folded about a fold line 16 extending between the , 9~6 edges 14a and 14c at a location centrally between the edges 14b and 14d. With reference to Fig. 2, the folded sheet 12 is again folded about a fold line 18 extending between the fold line 16 and the edges 14b and 14d at a central location intermediate the edges 14a and 14c. As shown in Fig. 3, the folded sheet 12 defines a plurality of side edges 20a,20b, 20c, and 20d of the sponge 10, with the side edge 20a extending along the fold line 18.
With reference to Fig. 3, the sponge 10 has a first slit 22 extending from the side edge 20a and fold line 18 inwardly toward a central portion of the folded sheet, with an inner end 24 of the first slit 22 being spaced a substantial dis-tance from the side edges of the folded sheet 12. The folded sheet 12 also has a second slit 26 crossing the first slit 22 at a location spaced slightly from the inner end 24 of -the first slit 22. As shown, the opposed ends ~8 and 30 of the second slit 26 are spaced a substantial distance from the side edges of the folded sheet 12. In a preferred form, as shown, the lengths of the second slit 26 on opposed sides of the first slit 22 are approximately equal to the length of the first slit 22 interme-; diate the juncture of the first and second slits 22 and 26 and the inner end 24 of the first slit 22. In a suitable form, the lengths of the second slit 26 on opposed sides of the first slit 22, as well as the length of the first slit 22 intermediate the juncture of the first and second slits 22 and 26 and the inner end 24 of the first slit 22, may be approximately one-ourth ; inch, dependent upon the size of the tube about which tne sponge 10 may be placed. As shown, the first and second slits 22 and 26 define four flaps 32a, 32b, 32c, and 32d of the folded sheet 12 at the juncture of the first and second slits 22 and 26~

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With reference to Fig. 4, during a tracheostomy proce-dure an opening is formed in the trachea of a patient Ps and a tracheostomy tube T is placed in the opening with the tube T
extending outside the patient's body. The sponge 10 is placed about the tube T by passing the tube T from the fold line 18 through the first slit 22 to the juncture of the first and sec-ond slits 22 and 26. In this configuration, the sponge 10 extends around the tube T with the sponge 10 placed against the patientls body. Also, the flaps 32 lie against the sides of the tube T, and the sponge 10 readily conformsto the shape of the tube T on the patient's body to absorb body fluids passing through the opening in the body around the tube to the outside of the patient's body. The material of the sponge 10 is not adherent to the patient's body, and,after use, the sponge 10 may be readily removed from the tube T and may be discarded.
The foregoing detailed description is given for clear-ness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, as modifications will be obvious to those skilled in the artO

Claims (4)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A sponge comprising, a sheet of absorbent material being folded into a multi-ply configuration, with the folded sheet defining a plurality of side edges, said folded sheet having a first slit extending from one of said side edges inwardly toward a central portion of the folded sheet, with an inner end of said first slit being spaced from the remaining side edges of the folded sheet, said folded sheet having a sec-ond slit crossing the first slit at a location spaced slightly from the inner end of the first slit, with opposed ends of the second slit being spaced from the side edges of the folded sheet, and with the first and second slits defining four flaps at the juncture of the first and second slits.
2. The sponge of claim 1 wherein the lengths of the second slit on opposed sides of the first slit are approximately equal to the length of the first slit intermediate the juncture of the first and second slits and the inner end of the first slit.
3. The sponge of claim 1 wherein said one side edge comprises a fold line of the folded sheet.
4. The sponge of claim 1 wherein said absorbent material comprises a nonwoven material.
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US269,109 1981-06-01

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BR (1) BR8201227A (en)
CA (1) CA1165986A (en)
DE (1) DE3214741A1 (en)
ES (1) ES274518Y (en)
FR (1) FR2506608B1 (en)
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MX (1) MX156407A (en)

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