Medical treatment system and method of use
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Publication Number
US-11090475-B2
Publication Date
2021-08-17
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Abstract
A medical treatment system including a treatment chamber, a source of an aqueous mist containing a medication, a source of an oxygen-enriched gas, and a control system adapted to alternately surround a human body part with a mist containing a medication and the oxygen enriched gas, which can be used to treat various skin disorders including infected lesions, bacterial infections such as acne (i.e. Proplanibacterium acnes), fungal infections such as Athelete's foot (i.e. fungal genus Trichophyton), conditions associated with hair loss including alopecia as well as ulcerations and frostbite resulting form poor circulation. A method of treating skin disorders is also disclosed, that includes providing a mist containing a medication and enriched oxygen gas to the site being treated its well as providing oxygen to the patient during treatment.
Core Innovation
The invention is a variable hyperoxia treatment apparatus in which a humidifier generates a mist from a fluid and a medication and delivers the mist via a mist dispensing port in a portable housing. An oxygen concentrator positioned within the portable housing receives oxygen from an oxygen source through an oxygen receiving port and dispenses oxygen through an oxygen dispensing port. A treatment chamber is remotely located from the portable housing and comprises a substantially gas impermeable liner configured to receive a human body part and form a treatment zone around the human body part.
Tubing connects the treatment chamber to the mist dispensing port and the oxygen dispensing port so that the treatment zone is surrounded by mist from the humidifier and by oxygen from the oxygen concentrator. The apparatus includes the humidifier and oxygen concentrator within the portable housing while the substantially gas impermeable liner treatment chamber is located remotely. The configuration supports delivering medicated aqueous mist and oxygen-enriched gas to a body part in a defined treatment zone.
The invention further includes embodiments in which the treatment chamber can include illumination options using ultraviolet and/or infrared light sources, and a controller that sequentially introduces mist and then introduces oxygen, with optional alternating repetition of the steps. Medication can be an antibiotic, including antibiotics comprising ionic silver or antibiotics selected from betadine, isopropyl alcohol, bacitracin, hydrogen peroxide, or combinations thereof.
Claims Coverage
The document portion provides two independent claims. Across the independent claims, the coverage centers on a portable housing containing a humidifier with a medication reservoir and an oxygen concentrator, a remotely located treatment chamber with a substantially gas impermeable liner forming a treatment zone around a human body part, and delivery of both mist and oxygen to the treatment zone via tubing connections.
Portable variable hyperoxia treatment apparatus with remote substantially gas impermeable treatment chamber
A variable hyperoxia treatment apparatus comprising a humidifier positioned within a portable housing to generate a mist from a fluid and a medication, an oxygen concentrator positioned within the portable housing to receive oxygen from an oxygen source and dispense oxygen, a treatment chamber remotely located from the portable housing and comprising a substantially gas impermeable liner configured to receive a human body part and form a treatment zone around the human body part, and tubing connecting the treatment chamber to the mist dispensing port and the oxygen dispensing port.
Wound treatment using mist and oxygen in a substantially gas impermeable liner chamber
A method for treating a wound comprising enclosing a human limb having a wound into a treatment chamber comprising a substantially gas impermeable liner to form a treatment zone around the wound, connecting the treatment chamber to a portable housing with tubing where the portable housing includes a humidifier that generates a mist from a fluid and a medication reservoir and an oxygen concentrator with an oxygen receiving port and an oxygen dispensing port, surrounding the wound with the mist from the humidifier, and surrounding the wound with oxygen from the oxygen concentrator.
The independent claims jointly cover a portable setup that generates medicated mist and delivers oxygen from an oxygen concentrator to a remotely located, substantially gas impermeable treatment chamber forming a treatment zone around a human body part or wound. Dependent claim themes indicated in the provided claim set add illumination using ultraviolet and/or infrared light sources, controller-driven mist-then-oxygen sequencing with alternating repetition, and antibiotic medication selections including ionic silver and specified antibiotic options.
Stated Advantages
Documented Applications
Treating a wound by enclosing a human limb having a wound into a substantially gas impermeable liner treatment chamber and surrounding the wound with mist from a humidifier and with oxygen from an oxygen concentrator.
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