Patent ID: 7784304

Claim:
A self-adhesive ice bag device comprising a flexible outer cover being a sac structure having dimensions suitable for containing a cold medium, wherein the cover has one open end and a leak-proof, recloseable means to seal said open end after the cold medium is added to the inside of the outer cover, wherein said cover comprises relatively flexible, liquid impermeable walls to contain either ice chips or ice and water mixture or an inner cold pack that is either a permanently sealed fluid impermeable plastic container containing a refrigeratable cooling gel or an endothermic chemical cooling mixture, liquid impermeable plastic layer, a closed cell foam layer, or a laminated layer comprising a plastic layer and a substrate layer, and wherein said cover has at least one mounting adhesive layer that can be used to temporarily attach said cover to the inside or the outside of a patient-care fabric that is arranged to be in close contact with the injured area of a patient, such that said cooling medium is then in close contact with said injured area, without slippage, and without a need for a strapping means around said patient, and wherein said adhesive is covered with a release layer.