Patent ID: 6286779
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A61F,B65H

Abstract:
A hand-held bandage winding device comprising:A) a generally tubular hand-held body having an electric motor therein and a switch on its exterior surface for controlling operation of the electric motor;B) a shaft rotated by the electric motor and extending axially from the tubular hand-held body; andC) a generally cylindrical spool mounted on the shaft extending from the tubular hand-held body for rotation with the shaft, the spool having a substantially uniform diameter smaller than the generally tubular body and the spool extending from adjacent the generally tubular body to a distal free end;whereby an elongated bandage is windable on the spool by placing an initial wrap of the leading edge of the bandage around the spool and thereafter operating the electric motor, and the wrapped bandage is removable from the spool by sliding over the distal free end thereof.