Patent ID: 7588548

Claim:
A method whereby a cooling effect for the treatment of a burn, chemical skin injury, muscular injury, joint injury, or contusion is provided, the method comprising the steps of: a) withdrawing a bandage from a dispenser, wherein the bandage is concurrently assembled within the dispenser from separate component parts of the bandage comprising two separate bandage surface layers contained on two separate rolls within the dispenser, wherein one surface layer has at least one chemical on a surface thereof, and wherein the second surface layer includes at least one chemical distinct from the at least one chemical on the first layer, wherein the two surface layers are joined with one another to form a single bandage upon being withdrawn from the dispenser in a manner that results in mixing of the chemicals on both surface layers within an interior of the bandage; b) activating thereby an endothermic chemical reaction within the bandage, whereby the bandage is cooled; and c) the bandage thereby providing a cooling effect for the treatment of a burn, chemical skin injury, muscular injury, joint injury, or contusion.