CA2596295A1 - Method and apparatus for sterilizing or disinfecting a region through a bandage - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for sterilizing or disinfecting a region through a bandage Download PDF

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CA2596295A1
CA2596295A1 CA002596295A CA2596295A CA2596295A1 CA 2596295 A1 CA2596295 A1 CA 2596295A1 CA 002596295 A CA002596295 A CA 002596295A CA 2596295 A CA2596295 A CA 2596295A CA 2596295 A1 CA2596295 A1 CA 2596295A1
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Richard Eckhardt
Geoffrey H. Jenkins
Sandra Kimball
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Methods and apparatus for sterilizing or disinfecting a region through a bandage. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method, comprising acts of determining the transmissivity of at least a portion of a bandage to ultraviolet light, and selecting an intensity of ultraviolet light to be applied through at least a portion of the bandage. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of sterilizing or disinfecting a region underneath a bandage on a patient. A further embodiment of the invention is directed to an apparatus for sterilizing or disinfecting a region of tissue of a patient. The apparatus comprises an ultraviolet light-emitting lamp (7) and a bandage (51) adapted to transmit at least some of the ultraviolet light emitted by the lamp (7). Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a bandage, comprising an ultraviolet light-transmissive film, and a color-changing material coupled to the film to indicate an exposure of the film to ultraviolet light.
CA002596295A 2001-06-15 2002-06-17 Method and apparatus for sterilizing or disinfecting a region through a bandage Expired - Fee Related CA2596295C (en)

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US29879001P 2001-06-15 2001-06-15
US60/298,790 2001-06-15
US30080301P 2001-06-25 2001-06-25
US60/300,803 2001-06-25
US31674401P 2001-08-31 2001-08-31
US60/316,744 2001-08-31
US33472201P 2001-10-31 2001-10-31
US60/334,722 2001-10-31
CA2447881A CA2447881C (en) 2001-06-15 2002-06-17 Method and apparatus for sterilizing or disinfecting a region through a bandage

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