First aid strips

Abstract

The disclosed First Aid Strips are a cost effective and economical method for treating any systemic illness or topical skin condition such as boil, bruise, or burn, using first aid strips, by providing a pouch which provides a means to use medication in the form of cream or gel. The provision of a pouch prevents medication from escaping when applied on the body with an adhesive first aid strip. Thus a measured amount of any medication when applied stays where it is applied and not lost. A ring made of rubber/latex may be used to create the said pouch, when placed on the first aid strip.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A first aid strip comprising:
 a substrate layer comprising a first adhesive substrate surface opposed by a second substrate surface;   a gauze layer comprising a first gauze surface opposed by a second non-adherent gauze surface;   wherein said first gauze surface is associated with said first adhesive substrate surface;   a gauze spacer comprising a first spacer surface opposed by a second non-adherent spacer surface, wherein said first and second surfaces form a parameter around a inner window thereby defining a spacer void; and   wherein said first spacer surface is associated with said second non-adherent gauze surface so that said spacer void defines at least part of a pocket.   
     
     
         2 . A first aid strip as in  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of gauze spacers stacked on top of one another so that each spacer void is in substantial alignment with each other thereby forming a spacer stack defining a spacer stack void wherein one end of said spacer stack is associated with said second non-adherent spacer surface so that said spacer stack void is in substantial alignment with said pocket thereby defining a deeper pocket and with the opposite end of said spacer stack defining a non-adherent spacer stack surface. 
     
     
         3 . A first aid strip as in  claim 1 , wherein said pocket has a depth of about 1.5 mm to about 2.0 mm. 
     
     
         4 . A first aid strip as in  claim 1 , further comprising a ring disposed and sealed between said first gauze surface and said first adhesive substrate surface. 
     
     
         5 . A first aid strip as in  claim 4 , wherein said ring is an inert material. 
     
     
         6 . A first aid strip as in  claim 5 , wherein said ring is made of at least one material from the group of materials consisting of: cork; latex; and rubber. 
     
     
         7 . A first aid strip as in  claim 4 , wherein the ring is about 2.0 to 2.5 mm wide and about 2.0 to 2.5 mm deep. 
     
     
         8 . A first aid strip as in  claim 1 , wherein the length of said gauze layer is about one-third the length of said substrate layer. 
     
     
         9 . A first aid strip as in  claim 8 , wherein the width of said gauze layer is substantially the same width as the substrate layer. 
     
     
         10 . A first aid strip as in  claim 9 , wherein at least one of said substrate layer and said gauze lawyer further define a bulge in substantial alignment with said spacer void. 
     
     
         11 . A first aid strip as in  claim 10 , wherein said bulge is about 2.0 mm to 2.5 mm deep. 
     
     
         12 . A method for the manufacture of first aid strip, comprising the steps of:
 (a) providing a gauze pad comprising a first gauze pad surface and an opposing second gauze pad surface;   (b) providing a gauze ring having a first ring surface and an opposing second ring surface wherein said ring defines a void in the approximate center of said ring;   (c) associating said first ring surface to said first gauze pad surface thereby defining a gauze pad pocket;   (d) providing a substrate comprising a first substrate surface and a second adhesive substrate surface; and   (e) associating said second adhesive substrate surface with one of (i) said second gauze pad surface and (ii) said second ring surface.   
     
     
         13 . A method for the manufacture of first aid strip as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the outer border of the gauze ring is flush with the margins of gauze pad and wherein the gauze ring defines a square. 
     
     
         14 . A method for the manufacture of first aid strip as in  claim 12 , wherein the outer border of said gauze ring defines a distance that is about the same as the distance defined by the outer edge of said gauze pad. 
     
     
         15 . A bandage for covering a wound, said bandage comprising:
 a substrate comprising a first adhesive substrate surface and an opposing second substrate surface, wherein said first adhesive substrate surface defines a substrate-geometric-figure;   a pad comprising a first pad surface and a second pad surface, wherein the distance between said first pad surface and said second pad surface define a pad-thickness, and wherein said first pad surface defines a pad-geometric-figure that is smaller than the substrate-geometric-figure, and wherein said first pad surface is associated with said first adhesive substrate surface so as to define a substrate-surface-border-region around said pad;   a ring having a first ring surface and a second ring surface, wherein the distance between said first ring surface and said second ring surface defines a ring depth, and wherein said first ring surface defines a ring-geometric-figure that is smaller than the substrate-geometric-figure but larger than the pad-geometric-figure; and   wherein said first ring surface is associated with said substrate-surface-border-region so that said ring surrounds said pad.   
     
     
         16 . The bandage for covering a wound as in  claim 15 , wherein said substrate-geometric-figure is a rectangle and said ring depth is between about 2.00 mm and 2.50 mm. 
     
     
         17 . The bandage for covering a wound as in  claim 16 , wherein the outer perimeter of said ring defines a rectangle. 
     
     
         18 . The bandage for covering a wound as in  claim 16 , wherein said pad defines a circle having a pad-diameter that is less than the width of said substrate and wherein the outer perimeter of said ring defines a circle having a ring-diameter that is greater than said pad-diameter and less than the width of said substrate. 
     
     
         19 . The bandage for covering a wound as in  claim 15 , wherein said first adhesive substrate surface and said opposing second substrate surface further define a substrate-bulge extending a predefined distance away from said first adhesive substrate surface and wherein said first pad surface and said second pad surface further define a pad-bulge extending a predefined distance away from said first pad surface and wherein said first pad surface is associated with said first adhesive substrate surface so that said pad-bulge is in alignment with said substrate-bulge. 
     
     
         20 . The bandage for covering a wound as in  claim 19 , wherein the depth of said pad-bulge is between about 1.00 mm and 2.50 mm.