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Skin cleaning kit

US9603781B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

21Claims

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Assignee

Coviden LP · US

Inventors

Ricardo Alexander Gomez · New York, US
Sandy Lawrence Heck · Los Angeles, US
Eric William Conley · South Berwick, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 4, 2013
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 26, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61L2/206
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates generally to sterile packaging kit of components to be used to clean an area of a patient's skin, and more particularly to a sterile kit for cleaning a patient's skin area in the surgical field, following a surgical procedure. The kit, in its most basic form, comprises an outer envelope containing at least one dry towel and at least one wetted towel in its own pouch, separated from the dry towel. The kit may further include a heating element which efficiently transfers heat to the wetted towel. The cleaning kit may also provide sterile bandages for use in covering closed surgical incisions, after postop cleaning of the skin the surgical field, using the wetted and dry towel of the kit.

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