A compression stocking having shape memory, heat-shrinkable thermoplastic material, wherein said stocking is configured to establish, in use, a compression contact with at least one of a leg and a foot of a user upon the application of an amount of heat to the shape memory, heat-shrinkable thermoplastic material, wherein the thermoplastic material is a polymer that has a glass transition temperature below ?10? C., has crystallinity with a melting temperature (Tm) between 30-50? C. and a heat of fusion of at least 10 J/g, as determined using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) (?40? C./10.0 (K/min)/100? C.) as set out by the ASTM D3418:2003.

In one example embodiment, a system for treating a tissue site is disclosed comprising a dressing adapted to contact the tissue site and provide a fluid seal between a therapeutic environment and a local external environment, and a solution source fluidly coupled to the dressing and adapted to deliver an antimicrobial solution comprising a peroxy ?-keto carboxylic acid, such as peroxy pyruvic acid, to the tissue interface. The system may further comprise a negative-pressure source fluidly coupled to the dressing and adapted to provide negative pressure to the therapeutic environment after delivery of the antimicrobial fluid to the therapeutic environment. In another example embodiment, a method for treating a tissue site is disclosed comprising positioning a tissue interface to contact the tissue site, covering the tissue interface and the tissue site with a drape to provide a fluid seal between the therapeutic environment and the local external environment, and delivering an antimicrobial solution comprising peroxy ?-keto carboxylic acid to the therapeutic environment before providing negative pressure to the therapeutic environment.

A device is described that is configured to protect a joint of a wearer. The device includes a device cover structure having an interior surface of phase change fabric material that is placed toward the wearer's joint and an exterior surface of unbroken loop fabric that comes in direct contact with external objects such as a mattress and/or other parts of the users body or that of another person while in their preferred position for sleeping, resting or reclining. The device also includes flexible elastic wraps for securing the device cover. The Device furthermore includes one or more protective pads inserted into a pocket formed in the device cover structure.

A toroidal compression bandage includes: a soft fibrous material, defined by an absorbency of a predetermined amount; a compression bandage form comprised of soft fibrous absorbent material in a rolled, wrapped form and of a shape defined by a circle revolved in three-dimensional space about a circular axis coplanar with the circle, wherein the axis of revolution does not touch the rotated circle, to define a torus ring compression bandage; an aperture defined within a center area of the torus ring compression bandage as it is formed, the aperture having a predetermined diameter and configured for placement directly over a trauma wound to avoid contact with the trauma wound; and a compression surface defined on an underside of the torus ring compression bandage, the compression surface configured for circumferential placement around the trauma wound to avoid direct contact of the trauma wound, and for absorption placement around the trauma wound.

A wound dressing includes an absorbent core including a top surface and a bottom surface containing a superabsorbent substance, a facing layer including folded sections folded towards the top surface of the absorbent core, the facing layer entirely covering the bottom surface of the absorbent core, a backing layer, and a contact layer including folded sections covering parts of the folded sections of the facing layer, the contact layer folded to cover an entire area of the facing layer covering the bottom surface of the absorbent core and the contact layer is configured to be brought into contact with a wound. The facing layer and the backing layer form a pouch in which the absorbent core is located. The folded sections of the facing layer and the backing layer are joined together. The folded sections of the contact layer and the facing layer or the backing layer are joined together.

A compressive brace for intraarticular needle procedures that provides constant radial compression. One embodiment comprises a non-pneumatic releasable compressive planar device or tubular sleeve, a method to apply tension to the device or sleeve comprising a non-stretchable material or stretchable elastomeric material with fasteners or external compression straps or both resulting in fluid displacement and increased intraarticular fluid pressure, a design that displaces fluid within the joint to low pressure areas to be readily accessible by needle or catheter via specific anatomic portals so that the joint can be completely aspirated, tension and pressure can be released so that fluid can be easily removed or injected into the joint, and integration of the device into arthrocentesis, surgical, diagnostic, and joint therapy kits. Some embodiments define a window or aperture to allow pooling of fluid and to introduce needles and catheters. Some embodiments dilate the patellofemoral joint and may displace the patella-making introduction of the needle more successful.

Wounds dressings, systems, and methods are presented that involve using a patient's body heat to enhance liquid removal from the wound dressing through a high-moisture-vapor-transmission-rate drape. Additional heat sources or devices, such as nano-antennas or electrical heating elements, may be added or used separately to enhance the removal liquid from the wound dressing. Other dressings, systems, and methods are presented herein.

A method of promoting hemostasis in the mouth or oral cavity utilizes a non-absorbent, low surface energy and highly conformable non-disruptive hemostasis material. Traditional wound packing material is highly absorbent and has large open surfaces that allow clot forming materials, such as the platelet plug to adhere to the packing material and whereupon removal, the clot is disrupted. A non-disruptive highly conformable hemostasis material does not have large open pores and therefore does not adhere to forming clots. A non-disruptive hemostasis material may consist of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene that has a pore size of no more than about 10 microns. A non-disruptive hemostasis material may comprise a thin film of material over a portion of the outside surface that is non-absorbent and thin to allow for conforming into an oral cavity, such as from a tooth extraction. A thin film may cover porous material, such as a foam, that may be elastomeric.

A therapeutic cushioning boot including a body at least partially fiber filled, the body including a first sidewall panel, a second sidewall panel, and a rear panel; the boot also including at least one boundary portion disposed between the panels, and a fiber filled foot gate attached to the body portion between the panels.

The subject of the present invention is a composite wound packing material comprising a casing enclosing a material, or an assembly of materials, forming fluid flow channels, said casing being composed of a self-supporting interface material formed from a thin layer of a composition comprising a hydrophobic matrix and comprising through-holes, said hydrophobic matrix comprising, per 100 parts by weight of a styrene/saturated olefin/styrene triblock copolymer having a viscosity of between 0.2 and 2 Pa.Math.s, as measured in a 10% (weight/weight) solution in toluene, from 400 to 1220 parts by weight of a plasticizer, preferably a plasticizing oil, and from 0 to 720 parts by weight of petroleum jelly, it being specified, moreover, that the total amount of plasticizer and petroleum jelly is greater than or equal to 750 parts by weight and the amount of petroleum jelly is between 400 and 720 parts by weight when the amount of plasticizer is between 1000 and 1220 parts by weight.