Patent ID: 11969315
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 18:
19. A kit for dressing a plurality of wounds, the kit comprising:
a chromic material responsive to contact with the wound;
a continuous elongated member defined by a plurality of individual liquid-expandable articles, each of the individual liquid-expandable articles directly connected to one another at each of opposite ends, but longitudinally separable from one another at their opposite ends, the elongated member expandable along its entire length and entire circumference, the elongated member for inserting the chromic material into the plurality of wounds, wherein a portion of the plurality of individual liquid-expandable articles of the elongated member with a portion of the chromic material thereon is configured to be received and retained inside and in direct contact with a first wound and another portion of the individual liquid-expandable articles of the continuous elongated member, still connected to the portion retained inside the first wound, with another portion of chromic material directly thereon, is sized upon separation from the portion of individual liquid-expandable articles retained inside the first wound to be received and retained inside and in direct contact with a second wound, each of the liquid-expandable articles inside the first and second wounds releases stored mechanical energy at their ends such that the liquid-expandable articles then separate from one another at their ends and mechanically expand into expanded articles upon contact with liquid inside the first wound; and
information on the expanded articles inside the first and second wounds for measuring color changes of the chromic material occurring inside the first and second wounds as a result of the expanded articles being in contact inside the first and second wounds, wherein the information comprises at least one of the following:
a plurality of colors corresponding to a plurality of time periods; and
a plurality of colors corresponding to a plurality of temperatures,
wherein, in response to measuring the color change with the information, a length of time may be determined as to how long the expanded articles have been in contact inside the first and second wounds, respectively.