Patent ID: 8530720

Claim:
A bandage for a burn wound, comprising: a first layer, substantially comprised of a thin thermally conductive metal substrate, having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said metal substrate's first surface has a profile, when viewed from a side, that is substantially flat and adapted to make direct contact with said burn wound, wherein most of said metal substrate's second surface has a non-flat, heat-dissipation-enhancing surface topography, when viewed from the side, that rises above a base plane of said thermally conductive metal substrate, and is adapted to be directly exposed to air, wherein said non-flat, heat-dissipation-enhancing surface topography includes a plurality of heat-dissipation-enhancing protrusions, said protrusions selected from the group consisting of substantially cone shaped protrusions, substantially half-dome shaped protrusions, and substantially pyramid shaped protrusions, and wherein at least one heat-dissipation-enhancing protrusion has a hole disposed from its apex toward the base plane of said thermally conductive metal substrate.