Dressing holder and a combination of a foot bed and such a dressing holder

Abstract

A dressing support ( 1 ) is comprised of a flexible, resilient spacing sheet, which is stuck firmly to the patient and has an opening for receiving an ulcerated area. A compress ( 9 ) is applied in the opening ( 2 ). A foot bed ( 30 ) includes a recess ( 32 ) which is complementary to the support ( 1 ) and which receives said support when the foot rests on the foot bed, said support being stuck to the bottom or plantar surface of the foot.

1 . A dressing support which includes a flexible sheet that has a first main surface which is intended to be stuck adhesively ( 8 ) to the skin of a patient, and a smooth or slippery second main surface opposite to said first main surface, wherein said sheet has a through-penetrating opening ( 2 ) and, when applied, is arranged to form spacing means between a surface area of the patient's skin surrounded by said opening ( 2 ) and an underlying support surface which subjects the patient to load via said sheet, characterised by a compress ( 9 ) placed in the opening ( 2 ).  
     
     
         2 . A dressing support according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the defining edge of said sheet opening is bevelled ( 68 ), said bevel preferably lying on the first main surface.  
     
     
         3 . A dressing support according to  claim 1  or  2 , characterised in that said sheet includes a springy, resilient layer ( 6 ) and a relatively thin load-distributing layer ( 5 ).  
     
     
         4 . A dressing support according to  claim 3 , characterised in that the outermost surface layer ( 5 ) of said sheet has a smooth or slippery outer surface and includes one or more secondary openings ( 51 ); and in that said sheet includes inwardly of the outermost surface layer a soft, flexible elastomeric layer ( 4 ) which is intended to penetrate elastically through said secondary openings when said sheet is subjects to load, so as to form exposed anti-slip studs ( 61 ).  
     
     
         5 . A dressing support according to any one of claims  1 - 4 , characterised in that said sheet has an associated cover ( 7 ,  7 ′) which can be loosely applied over the opening ( 2 ); and in that the cover is preferably sunken into the outer part of the opening ( 2 ).  
     
     
         6 . A dressing support according to any one of claims  1 - 5 , characterised in that said sheet has a plane form that corresponds essentially to the sole of the patient's foot.  
     
     
         7 . A dressing support according to any one of claims  1 - 6 , characterised in that said sheet includes markings ( 3 ) which provide references for locations at which the sheet can be cut to obtain a desired shape and form.  
     
     
         8 . A dressing support according to any one of claims  1 - 7 , characterised in that subsequent to cutting said sheet the sheet will have a net area that corresponds to at least three times the area of the opening ( 2 ).  
     
     
         9 . A dressing support according to any one of claims  1 - 8 , characterised in that the thickness of the sheet decreases towards the outer edge of said sheet.  
     
     
         10 . A dressing support according to any one of claims  1 - 4 ,  6 - 9 , characterised in that the sheet has the plane form of a circular part having radially and outwardly projecting strip parts, wherein the opening ( 2 ) is disposed centrally in said central part.  
     
     
         11 . A foot bed ( 30 ) that is configured complementary to the underside of a foot and that includes a recess in alignment with an ulcerous area or a tactile area on the underside of the foot, characterised in that the upper side of the foot bed includes a recess ( 32 ) which is generally complementary to a dressing support ( 1 ) according to any one of claims  1 - 9 , as applied to the underside of a patient's foot, wherein the through-penetrating opening ( 2 ) of the dressing support accommodating said compress ( 9 ) forms the recessed or sunken area of the foot bed when the patient's foot and the dressing support firmly adhered to said foot rest on the foot bed with the dressing support accommodated in the recess ( 32 ).  
     
     
         12 . A dressing support according to  claim 11 , characterised in that the recess is generally complementary to the dressing support and a stocking or sock placed on the foot over the dressing support.