Health Care Device

Abstract

The invention is a wound care device having substantially rigid frame with a broad base strong enough to support the weight of sheets, blankets and other items used to cover the patient. The base has at least two points of contact with the bed, table or chair that the patient is lying on or sitting in. These points of contact are connected to each other by the bridge like frame and are dispersed widely enough so that the barrier is able to straddle the relevant body parts. At the same time, it is small enough so that the body is able to easily heat a pocket of air created within the barrier and bedclothes. The device is tapered to accommodate the shape of limbs, with the ratio of diameters providing order point data.

Claims

1. A wound care device comprising: a substantially rigid frame having a cover disposed therein; the frame having at least two points of contact with environmental features dispersed widely enough to permit the frame to straddle relevant body parts that are the site of a wound being treated.

2. The wound care device of claim 1 wherein the environmental features include portions of a patient's body surface in proximity to the wound being treated using the device.

3. The wound care device of claim 1 wherein the environmental features include aspects of a hospital bed in proximity to the wound being treated using the device.

4. The wound care device of claim 1 in which its diameter accommodates limb shape of a patient's body by tapering the diameter of the wound care device in accordance with a ratio that provides device ordering data, i.e., A/B equal 1.n1n2n3.

5. The wound care device of claim 1 in which its cross sectional area accommodates limb shape of a patient's body by tapering the cross sectional area of the wound care device in accordance with a ratio that provides device ordering data, i.e., A/B equal 1.n4n5n6.

6. The wound care device of claim 1 in which cover is one of a mesh, net, web, and lattice.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] The present invention will be better understood upon reference to the following drawings taken in combination with a detailed description of the preferred embodiment following this brief description of the drawings in which:

[0017] 1. FIG. 1 is a rear perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

[0018] 2. FIG. 2 is a plan view of the footprint of the device of FIG. 1 showing generally that its lateral dimension at its opening end A is greater than at its exiting end B.

[0019] 3. FIG. 3 is an exiting elevation view showing that the area of the entering end A is greater than of the exiting end B.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0020] As required, a detailed embodiment of the present invention is disclosed here in; however, it understood that the disclosed embodiment is merely exemplary of the invention which may be embodied in various forms. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching on skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailed structure.

[0021] References now made to the drawings when like characteristics and features of the present invention are shown in the various figures being designated by the same reference numerals.

[0022] Wound care device 10 is comprised of a substantially rigid frame 12 and at least two points of contact 14a, 14b, . . . and 14n dispersed widely enough such that the barrier is able to straddle the relevant body parts without touching them and remain upright under modest movements of the body and bedclothes.

[0023] FIG. 2 is a footprint of the device 10 of FIG. 1. It shows an opening end A with an opening measured between points 22 and 24, and an exiting end B measured between point 26 and 28. The effect is to create a tapered diameter that can be measured A/B=(2422)/(2826).

[0024] FIG. 3 is elevation view in which the ratio A/B can be expressed as a ratio of diameters or a ratio of areas. These numeral relationships represent ordering data for a patient whose wound care can greatly benefit from the present invention.

[0025] While the invention has been described, disclosed, illustrated and shown in various terms or certain embodiments or modifications which it has assumed in practice, the scope of the invention is not intended to be, nor should it be deemed to be, limited thereby, and such other modifications or embodiments as may be suggested by the foregoing teachings herein are particularly reserved especially as they fall within the breath and scope of the claims here appended.