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US 11,504,268 B2Granted
Wound treatment system
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsHoward Scalzo, Xintian Ming, Leo B. Kriksunov
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Abstract
A disposable dressing forms a compartment around and above a wound site and a volatile antimicrobial compound is allowed to sublimate/evaporate into the compartment. A heating element is included in the dressing, with heat stimulating wound healing and simultaneously accelerating sublimation/evaporation of the antimicrobial compound.
Claims18
A wound treatment system, comprising:
- a body structured and arranged to surround a wound area, said body having an opening above the wound area;
- a cover attached to the body and covering the opening, said cover suspended above the wound area;
- said opening and said cover forming an enclosed and empty wound treatment compartment;
- an autonomous heating element incorporated into the body or into the cover;
- and
- a medically useful agent evaporating or sublimating at an accelerated rate above normal body temperature of about 40° C. to about 80° C.
- said medically useful agent in fluid communication as a gas or vapor with the wound treatment compartment and with the wound area under the suspended cover.
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A method of wound treatment, comprising:
- enclosing a wound area with a wound treatment system comprising:
- a body structured and arranged to surround a wound area, said body having an opening above the wound area;
- a cover attached to the body and covering the opening, said cover suspended above the wound area;
- said opening and said cover forming an enclosed and empty wound treatment compartment;
- an autonomous heating element incorporated into the body or into the cover;
- and
- a medically useful agent evaporating or sublimating at an accelerated rate above normal body temperature of about 40° C. to about 80° C.
- said medically useful agent in fluid communication with the compartment,
- activating said heating element, thereby heating said medically useful agent;
- evaporating or sublimating portions of said medically useful agent to cause vapors of said medically useful agent to fill the enclosed wound treatment compartment;
- and
- contacting said wound area with vapors of said medically useful agent.
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