# US 10,765,785 B2 · Wound care and infusion method and system utilizing a therapeutic agent

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- Number: US 10,765,785 B2
- Document ID: US10765785B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/370,689
- Filed: 2016-12-06
- Published: 2017-05-04
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2013-03-11
- Assignees: ThermoTek, Inc.
- Applicants: ThermoTek, Inc.
- Inventors: Tony Quisenberry
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765785B2

## CPC

- A61M 13/003: {Blowing gases other than for carrying powders, e.g. for inflating, dilating or rinsing}
- A61F 7/007: {characterised by electric heating}
- A61F 7/0097: {Blankets with active heating or cooling sources (warming mats A61F7/08)}
- A61F 13/05: specially adapted for use with sub-pressure or over-pressure therapy, wound drainage or wound irrigation, e.g. for use with negative-pressure wound therapy [NPWT]
- A61M 1/60: {Containers for suction drainage, adapted to be used with an external suction source (containers not adapted for subjection to vacuum A61M1/69)}
- A61M 1/77: {Suction-irrigation systems (aspiration tips supplying fluids A61M1/85; specific for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/92; combined with tracheal tubes A61M16/0463)}
- A61M 1/85: {with gas or fluid supply means, e.g. for supplying rinsing fluids or anticoagulants (for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/92, A61M1/94; combined with tracheal tubes A61M16/0463; dental instruments with combined rinsing and aspirating A61C17/0208)}
- A61M 1/94: {with gas supply means}
- A61M 1/964: {having venting means on or near the dressing}
- A61N 1/40: Applying electric fields by inductive or capacitive coupling (microwave apparatus A61N5/00); {Applying radio-frequency signals}
- A61N 5/0624: {for eliminating microbes, germs, bacteria on or in the body}
- A61F 2007/0052: {for treatment of skin or hair}
- A61F 2007/0054: {with a closed fluid circuit, e.g. hot water}
- A61F 2007/0055: {of gas, e.g. hot air or steam}
- A61F 2007/006: {of gas}
- A61F 2007/0064: {of gas}
- A61F 2007/0094: {using a remote control}
- A61M 35/30: {Gas therapy for therapeutic treatment of the skin}
- A61M 2202/0208: Oxygen
- A61M 2202/0468: non-physiological
- A61M 2205/053: ultraviolet
- A61M 2205/3368: Temperature
- A61M 2205/36: related to heating or cooling
- A61M 2205/50: with microprocessors or computers
- A61M 2205/502: User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
- A61N 2005/0626: {Monitoring, verifying, controlling systems and methods}
- A61N 2005/063: {comprising light transmitting means, e.g. optical fibres}
- A61N 2005/0645: {Applicators worn by the patient}
- A61N 2005/0652: {Arrays of diodes}
- A61N 2005/0661: {ultraviolet}
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B)

## Abstract

A combination therapy pad that includes a first layer and a second layer operatively coupled to the first layer. A fiber-optic array is disposed between the first layer and the second layer. A third layer is operatively coupled to the first layer. The third layer includes a vacuum tube in fluid communication with a vacuum source and a therapeutic fluid tube in fluid communication with a therapeutic fluid source. The third layer provides at least one of vacuum therapy and therapeutic fluid treatment to a wound area.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of treating a wound area, the method comprising:
covering a wound with a dressing;
coupling the dressing to an oxygen source via a first tube having a first disconnect;
coupling the dressing to a vacuum pump via a second tube having a second disconnect;
administering to the wound at least one of a first treatment modality and a second treatment modality;
wherein the first treatment modality comprises:
supplying oxygen from the oxygen source to a humidifier coupled to the first tube between the dressing and the first disconnect;
utilizing the humidifier to increase a relative humidity of the oxygen above an ambient relative humidity;
delivering, via the first tube, the humidified oxygen to the wound via a tube associated with the dressing; and
wherein the second treatment modality comprises:
opening a pump solenoid and a patch solenoid disposed between the vacuum pump and a bottle;
applying via the vacuum pump and the second tube, negative pressure to the dressing;
collecting, in the bottle coupled to the second tube between the dressing and the second disconnect, exudate from the wound;
wherein administration of the first treatment modality and the second treatment modality overlap in time; and
wherein closing an oxygen solenoid and the patch solenoid isolates the dressing and facilitates pressure testing of the dressing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the first treatment modality and the second treatment modality are administered sequentially.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the humidified oxygen is delivered to the wound at a pressure above ambient pressure.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the applying facilitates removal of exudate from the wound.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the humidified oxygen is delivered to the wound at a pressure below ambient pressure.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the humidifier is a proton-exchange membrane.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the oxygen source is an oxygen concentrator.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the delivering comprises varying concentration of the oxygen.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the humidifier comprises a proton-exchange membrane.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the humidifier comprises a pressure-swing adsorption device.