US PATENT SUBCLASS 602 / 42
.~ Skin laceration or wound cover

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602 /   HD   SURGERY: SPLINT, BRACE, OR BANDAGE

41  DF  BANDAGE STRUCTURE {4}
42.~ Skin laceration or wound cover {7}
43  DF  .~.~> Wound contact surface {4}
48  DF  .~.~> Wound contact layer containing treatment material {3}
52  DF  .~.~> Thin polymeric film or adhesive
53  DF  .~.~> Compressive element over wound site
54  DF  .~.~> Skin or wound facing adhesive layer {2}
57  DF  .~.~> System for adhesive layer release (e.g., release sheet)
58  DF  .~.~> Backing layer having particular structural feature (e.g., permeability, shaped, or elasticity, etc.) {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 602/42

Skin laceration or wound cover:

(under subclass 41) Subject matter having means for shielding or protecting a rip, cut, tear, or wound on the surface of the skin (e.g., a burn, scrape, incision, or supinating wound).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

128, Surgery,

82.1, for light, thermal, or electrical applying devices; subclasses 893+ for devices which protect or prevent injury of a wound by providing a cavity or void over the entire wound site (i.e., where there is no direct contact between the wound and the cover).

424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,

443, 449 for a web or sheet coated or impregnated with a medicinal composition in the form of a bandage.

523, Synthetic Resins or Natural Rubbers, 105, 118 for unmedicated compositions used in the treatment of wounds or animal tissue. A surgical adhesive composition to be coated on a fabric, gauze, tape, etc. is classifiable in subclass 111.

604, Surgery,

304, 308 for a bandage, pad or shield containing a medicament and placed on the body for sustained treatment thereof (e.g., medicament containing bandage, wrap, attachable pad, wound dressing, or wound shield); see subclasses 358 to 402 for generically absorbent subcomponents of bandages (e.g., pads, fibers, substances used to make an absorbent pad, etc.) or of body fluids in general (e.g., tampons, diapers, sanitary napkins, catamenial devices, etc.).

606, Surgery,

213, 221 for devices used in operative surgery to join a wound or incision's edges or lips together.