US 11,877,916 B2
Perineal therapy pad
John Hill, Monroeville, IN (US); Ashli J. Pershing, Wabash, IN (US); and Pamela L Sprowl, Lafontaine, IN (US)
Assigned to Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Filed by Parkview Health, Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Filed on May 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/864,265.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/842,898, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0345561 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 13/472 (2006.01); A61F 7/10 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/47 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/472 (2013.01) [A61F 7/10 (2013.01); A61F 13/5611 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1517 (2013.01); A61F 2013/4706 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A perineal pad assembly comprising:
an inner cover configured to transport a bodily fluid away from the skin of a patient;
an outer cover impermeable to the bodily fluid,
the inner cover and the outer cover cooperating to form a T-shape with a perineal portion extending along a ventral/dorsal direction and a dorsal portion extending along a medial/lateral direction; and
an ice pouch disposed between the perineal portion of the outer cover and the perineal portion of the inner cover;
wherein the ice pouch includes an opening disposed proximate a ventral edge of the of the perineal pad assembly, the opening sized to accept ice chips.