Holly M Lidowski

US Patent:

20090044815, Feb 19, 2009

Filed:

Aug 15, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/839419

Inventors:

Arnold Bruckner - Brooklyn NY, US
Holly M. Lidowski - West Babylon NY, US
Leslie Strauss - Dix Hill NY, US
Karl K. Eilender - New York City NY, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/00
A61F 13/06

US Classification:

128894, 128893

Abstract:

A foot and heel skin shield system for preventing and treating pressure sores on a person's foot and calf and for managing discharged body fluids from the person's foot and calf is disclosed. The system has two main components, a heel lift and a lubricated disposable calf liner pad. An optional foot stabilizer pad may also be used as part of the system. The system may also include a heel bootie. The lubricated disposable calf liner pad, foot stabilizer pad, and heel boot can have a first lubricant having silicone and a second lubricant having a lubricating, skin protecting, and moisturizing emollient applied to the first lubricant.

US Patent:

20080306462, Dec 11, 2008

Filed:

Jun 7, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/759492

Inventors:

Arnold Bruckner - Brooklyn NY, US
Holly M. Lidowski - West Babylon NY, US
Leslie Strauss - Dix Hill NY, US
Karl K. Eilender - New York City NY, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/00

US Classification:

604365

Abstract:

A disposable multilayered double lubricated bed pad is disclosed. Specifically, a lubricated pad for preventing and treating bedsores on a person's body and for managing discharged body fluids is disclosed. Among other things, the disclosed pad has absorbing layers and means for managing discharged body fluids away from a person's body to the absorbing layers. The disclosed pad also has a lubricating layer and is constructed to minimize friction between a person's body and a supporting surface. The disclosed pad is also treated with a lubricating, skin protecting, and moisturizing emollient for the treatment and prevention of pressure sores The emollient can be microencapsulated in the lubricating layer.