Patent ID: 8752702
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A wrapped bandage comprising: a wrapper including a top portion and a bottom portion, wherein a longitudinal edge is defined by the top and the bottom portions to extend between a first end and a second end of the wrapper, the longitudinal edge being substantially continuous and straight from the first end to the second end; an elongated bandage contained in the wrapper and including a first pressure sensitive adhesive area on a first end portion of the bandage, a second pressure sensitive adhesive area on a second end portion of the bandage, and a wound dressing pad disposed between the first and the second adhesive areas; a first cover strip and a second cover strip wherein the cover strips are substantially the same length, the first cover strip has a first protective portion that covers the first adhesive area on the first end portion of the bandage and also covers a portion of the wound dressing pad, and the second cover strip has a second protective portion that covers the second adhesive area on the second end portion of the bandage and also covers a portion of the wound dressing pad; the first cover strip has a first fold in the region of the wound dressing pad at which a first folded portion of the first cover strip folds back and over the first protective portion, and the second cover strip has a second fold in the region of the wound dressing pad at which a second folded portion of the second cover strip folds back and over the second protective portion; the first folded portion of the first cover strip is dimensioned so that an end of the first folded portion farthest from the pad extends beyond the first adhesive area on the bandage and is sandwiched between the top portion of the wrapper and the bottom portion of the wrapper at the first end of the wrapper; the second folded portion of the second cover strip is dimensioned so that an end of the second folded portion farthest from the pad extends beyond the second adhesive area on the bandage and is sandwiched between the top portion of the wrapper and the bottom portion of the wrapper at the second end of the wrapper; and the top and the bottom portions of the wrapper surround the bandage, the first cover strip, and the second cover strip, so that when the first and the second ends of the wrapper and the sandwiched ends of the folded portions of the cover strips are grasped and separated, the cover strips are peeled from the bandage.