Patents by Inventor Bernard Grau

Bernard Grau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5628723
    Abstract: For use in a bandage comprising a sterile dressing and a web portion attached to and extending from the sterile dressing, a pressure enhancement member comprising a base, and at least one wrapping element generally perpendicular to the base, the at least one wrapping element having a gap, wherein the pressure enhancement member is attached to a non-wound-side surface of the sterile dressing, and the at least one wrapping element is arranged for wrapping therearound by the web portion, wherein when the web portion is wrapped in a first direction around a limb having thereon a wound, and forced through the gap, and the web portion is then wrapped around the at least one wrapping element in a second direction, the pressure enhancement member applies a pressure on the dressing, thereby causing the dressing to apply a local pressure to the wound, and subsequent wrappings of the web portion on the pressure enhancement member, on previous wrappings of the web portion and on the limb, increase the local pressure on t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Inventor: Bernard Grau