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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2016
Hill-rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Charles A Lachenbruch, Batesville, IN (US);
Eric D Agdeppa, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David L Ribble, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Rachel L Williamson, Batesville, IN (US);
Yongfeng Li, Singapore, SG;
Chris Hill, Ravenshead, GB;
Catherine A Vangilder, Blountville, TN (US);
Jeffrey C Marrion, Acton, MA (US);
David C Newkirk, Lawrenceburg, IN (US);
Robert J Lawrence, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Craig M Meyerson, Syracuse, NY (US);
Roger P Bonenfant, Victor, NY (US);
John V Harmeyer, Cleves, OH (US);
Steven D Baker, Beaverton, OR (US);
Todd P O'Neal, Fairfield, OH (US);
Ben Hertz, Acton, MA (US);
Murray M Swoish, Caledonia, MI (US);
Varad N Srivastava, Batesville, IN (US);
David L Bedel, Oldenburg, IN (US);
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US);
Abstract
A protective dressing includes an outer dressing and an adhesive layer. The outer dressing includes an opening and a cavity sized to receive a phase-change material (PCM) insert inserted through the opening. The adhesive layer is configured to adhere to a patient's skin surrounding an anatomic site. When adhered to the patient's skin, the PCM insert modifies the patient's skin at the anatomic site. The PCM insert may be removed and replaced with another PCM insert. For example, a warm PCM insert may be replaced with a refrigerated PCM insert. The opening of the outer dressing may be self-sealing. The opening of the outer dressing may be sealed with an upper layer dressing coupled to the PCM cooling insert.