Wound care method and system with one or both of vacuum-light therapy and thermally augmented oxygenation
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Publication Number
US-10507311-B2
Publication Date
2019-12-17
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Abstract
A system for treatment of a wound area of a patient including a first treatment pad comprising a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for cleaning and exposing a wound area to ultraviolet light, a second treatment pad comprising removal ports for exposing the wound area to a negative pressure, and a control unit interoperably connected to the first and second treatment pads for providing a negative pressure and the ultraviolet light to the wound area.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to a method of treating a wound area using a therapy pad that administers, via the pad, at least one of ultra-violet light and vacuum therapy to the wound area. The vacuum therapy is administered via a pressure switch fluidly coupled to the therapy pad and a vacuum source, so the pressure switch also provides a fluid-coupled interface for other therapies.
The therapy pad is also used for oxygenation therapy by concentrating gaseous oxygen via an oxygen concentrator fluidly coupled to the therapy pad. The method administers gaseous oxygen from the oxygen concentrator to the wound area via the pressure switch, with the pressure switch fluidly coupled to both the oxygen concentrator and the therapy pad.
In addition, the method administers thermal therapy to the wound area via the therapy pad and administers a pulsed radio frequency signal to the wound area via a radio frequency antenna disposed within the therapy pad. The combined approach includes UV light, vacuum therapy through the pressure switch, oxygenation through the same pressure-switch coupling, thermal therapy via the pad, and pulsed radio frequency signal delivery through an antenna in the pad.
Claims Coverage
The independent claim includes six inventive features combining dressing-based delivery of UV light and vacuum therapy, oxygen concentration and delivery coordinated through a pressure switch, pad-delivered thermal therapy, and pad-incorporated pulsed radio frequency signal delivery via a radio frequency antenna.
Dressing and pad-based multi-modality wound treatment
dressing the wound area with a therapy pad; administering at least one of ultra-violet light and vacuum therapy to the wound area via the therapy pad
Pressure-switch fluid coupling for vacuum therapy
the vacuum therapy being administered to the wound area via a pressure switch that is fluidly coupled to the therapy pad and a vacuum source
Oxygen concentrator and pad-coupled oxygen delivery
concentrating gaseous oxygen via an oxygen concentrator that is fluidly coupled to the therapy pad
Pressure-switch fluid coupling for oxygenation therapy
administering the gaseous oxygen from the oxygen concentrator to the wound area via the pressure switch, the pressure switch being fluidly coupled to the oxygen concentrator
Therapy pad thermal therapy delivery
administering, via the therapy pad, thermal therapy to the wound area
Pad-integrated pulsed radio frequency signal delivery
administering a pulsed radio frequency signal to the wound area via a radio frequency antenna disposed within the therapy pad
Overall, the claim coverage is built around a single therapy pad that delivers vacuum therapy via a pressure switch, delivers oxygenation therapy from an oxygen concentrator via the same pressure switch coupling, delivers thermal therapy via the pad, and delivers a pulsed radio frequency signal via a radio frequency antenna disposed within the pad.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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