FR2537431A1 - BANDAGE HAVING SUPPORT AND ABSORPTION EFFECTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR HAND INJURIES OR FRACTURES - Google Patents

Abstract

THE INVENTION RELATES TO A BANDAGE WITH SUPPORT AND ABSORPTION EFFECTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR INJURIES OR FRACTURES OF THE HANDS. THIS BANDAGE INCLUDES 1, 2, 3, 4 SOFT ABSORBENT PADS THAT ARE APPLIED AROUND THE LESION AND ARE HELD IN PLACE BY MEANS OF AN ELASTIC BAND 6. APPLICATION TO DRESSINGS MADE ON HANDS.

Description

BANDAGE WITH SUPPORT AND ABSORPTION EFFECTS,

  IN PARTICULAR FOR INJURIES OR FRACTURES OF

  The present invention relates to a support and absorption bandage for hand fractures and wounds such as those

  affecting the hands after surgical operations.

  Hitherto, for such lesions, absorbent bandages have been used in the form of compresses or cotton gauzes associated with a

plaster molding.

  This method, which is the most common in the prior art for treating hand lesions, comprises

many disadvantages.

  Plaster making is both time-consuming and messy In addition to plaster molding proper, an absorbent bandage is also

  needed near the skin.

  Plaster casting is uncomfortable and often causes unpleasant itching, resulting in part from the fact that a replacement of this molding and the underlying absorbent bandage is long and complicated, so that it does not occur at all.

sufficient frequency.

  In addition, the plaster molding is heavy and this rigid molding often immobilizes a portion of the hand larger than is necessary to ensure the support of the fracture itself In the case of a fracture of a finger by For example, not only this finger, but also much of the rest of the hand should be dressed with plaster, thus causing immobilization of most of the hand during the period necessary for the healing of the finger. the entire hand will be limited long after the casting has been removed, because the time it takes for a hand trapped in a cast to regain full mobility is almost exactly as long as its

  residence period in the molding.

  Common compresses used as absorbent dressings inside the plaster must be moistened before application in order to

do not adhere to the injury.

  The present invention completely eliminates

  the aforementioned drawbacks.

  As a result, it turned out that soft, soft, absorbent bodies can be used as support bandages to serve as splints in hand after

  fracture or after surgical incisions.

  A bandage made in accordance with the invention is characterized in the first place by comprising one or more spaced, flattened, flexible and absorbent bodies or pads in an uninterrupted row, these pads consisting of an absorbent core and an envelope surrounding this core, said buffers, when wound or folded (for example, wound once around a finger), having sufficient rigidity to act as a support bandage, possibly conjugated to one or

  several additional individual absorbent pads

  duals of the same type, but preferably thicker to increase rigidity and larger than

  buffers mentioned above, these buffers absorb

  additional bants being intended to be applied on the back and the palm of the hand, said bandage further comprising an elastic strip to hold in place the absorbent pads arranged

  around the fracture or incision.

  Suitably, the absorbent pads consist of trapped cellulose

  in a nonwoven fabric envelope.

  In a suitable embodiment of the invention, to prevent the absorbent pads from adhering to the wound, they are housed in an outer sheath consisting of an amide-type plastic, for example a polyamide fiber material.

such as nylon.

  The invention will now be described in more detail by way of non-limiting examples with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the different parts of a bandage according to the invention; Figure 2 is a cross section of the tire portions of Figure 1, placed around several fingers; Fig. 3 is a cross-section of an absorbent pad; and Figs 4 and 5 show an absorbent pad of the bandage according to the invention wrapped around a finger, Fig. 5 illustrating an absorbent pad

placed on the back of the hand.

  FIG. 1 shows two bodies or absorbent pads 1 and 2 connected to each other, as well as two absorbent pads 3 and 4 dissociated from one another and of larger dimensions. These larger absorbent pads (especially more long) and the smaller and integral absorbent pads all comprise a cellulose core, a nonwoven fabric casing surrounding this core, and an outer nylon sheath. The structure of the absorbent pads will be described in more detail in support of

Figure 3.

  The smaller absorbent pads 1 and 2 connected to each other are secured by means of a flexible zone 5 formed by the nonwoven fabric casing and the nylon outer sheath. These smaller absorbent pads are intended for be wrapped around a finger or zigzagged between fingers, the flexible zone 5 facilitating their application The buffers 3 and 4 larger, which are substantially thicker than the buffers 1 and 2 to increase stiffness, are intended to be placed on the back or on the palm of

  the hand, as shown schematically in FIG.

  An important element constituting the bandage is an elastic strip 6 used to hold in place

  the absorbent pads 1 to 4 on the hand This band

  lette 6 must be elastic so as to produce a sufficiently tight bandage, but not completely

rigid.

  Figure 2 shows the smaller absorbent pads 1 and 2 zig-zagged between four fingers 7, as well as the larger pads 3 and 4 applied on the back and on the palm of the hand apart from the strip

  elastic 6, the dressing is complete.

  Absorbent pads 1 to 4 are all soft and flexible, but as shown in Figure 2 they are folded or applied over several layers, giving them sufficient flexural strength to allow the bandage to serve as a cushion.

support bandage.

  FIG. 3 is a cross-section of an absorbent pad. The latter consists of a cellulose core 8 and a non-woven fabric envelope 9 which surrounds this core and is sealed at the two ends of said absorbent pad. The outer casing is encapsulated by an open-ended sleeve-type nylon sheath. Because this outer sheath is made of nylon, the

  Absorbent pad does not adhere to injury.

  The envelope 9 and the sheath 10 are suitably folded so that their respective overlapping cuts are at the same location and are connected to each other by means of a conventional heat-sealed cord which secures them. FIG. 4 shows a single and small absorbent pad 1 of small dimensions wrapped around a broken finger. The absorbent pad wound in this manner has a sufficient bending stiffness which allows it to act as a support bandage. this absorbent pad in place using an elastic strip 6 Unlike conventional plaster casts, the mobility of the rest of the hand is not affected. FIG. 5 represents the manner in which a single absorbent pad 1 of small dimensions wrapped around a finger can be completed with an absorbent pad 3 of larger dimensions, applied

  on the back of the hand for additional support

mentary.

  The invention is not limited to the forms

  On the other hand, certain modifications

  fications are possible without departing from the

appended claims.

  For example, the core of the absorbent pad need not be cellulose, but may be another suitable absorbent material,

  for example cellulose wadding.

  Naturally, the envelope may have another configuration, be made of another material and even possibly consist of a single

and single layer.

  It is also possible to provide more than two absorbent pads 1 and 2 of small dimensions in an uninterrupted row. For example, a number of four absorbent pads aligned in a row has proved suitable for swaddling all the fingers

with one hand.

Claims (3)

  1 Bandage intended to exert support and absorption effects for hand injuries resulting, for example, from surgical operations, or from fractures of the hands, characterized by the fact that it comprises one or more absorbent bodies or pads ( 1 flat, flexible and spaced in an unbroken row, these pads consisting of an absorbent core (8) and an envelope (9,10) surrounding this core, said pads, when they are wound or folded, by example wrapped once around a finger, having sufficient rigidity to serve as a support bandage, conjugated -event to one or more bodies or absorbent pads (3,4) additional and individual of the same type, but preferably thicker in order to increase the stiffness and greater than the abovementioned absorbent pads, these additional pads being intended to be applied against the back and the palm of a hand, said bandage further comprising an elastic strip (6) for holding in place the absorbent pad (s)   arranged around the fracture or incision.   2 Bandage according to claim 1, characterized in that the absorbent pads consist of cellulose trapped in a   envelope (9) of nonwoven fabric.   Bandage according to any of the claims   cations 1 and 2, characterized in that the absorbent pads have an outer sheath (10) of an amide-type plastic, for example a   polyamide fiber material such as nylon.