Apparatus and method for treatment of wounds and skin medical conditions at a predetermined skin area

An apparatus for treatment of wounds and skin medical conditions at a predetermined skin area of a human body, comprising:

• a housing having a semi-spherical configuration formed by spaced from each other inner and outer semi-spherical walls, a circular outer periphery defined by said spaced from each other inner and outer semi-spherical walls at a bottom portion of the housing facing said predetermined skin area, a hollow space between said inner and outer semi-spherical walls, a hollow treatment chamber formed within an interior of the housing, a vacuum pump provided to create a vacuum within the hollow space between said inner and outer walls and to facilitate engagement between the outer periphery of the housing and the predetermined skin area to be treated;
• a handpiece releasably connected to a top region of the housing, at least one energy delivery device configured to deliver skin treatment energy to said hollow treatment chamber and to said predetermined skin area, said at least one energy delivery device positioned at a connecting area formed at an interface between the handpiece and the housing;
• an expandable bellow type formation having multiple horizontally oriented pleated folds provided at a central part of the housing, said spaced from each other inner and outer semi-spherical walls do not extend to the bellow type formation, wherein upon expansion of the bellow type formation and said horizontally oriented pleated folds the treatment chamber expands vertically and horizontally from a compressed state to an expanded state resulted and results in an increased interior space thereof;
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• a delivery and control system for circulating an aqueous solution within the treatment chamber including inlet and outlet ports passing through said inner and outer semi-spherical walls, said delivery system configured to provide a level of the aqueous solution in the treatment chamber to partially or fully submerge said predetermined skin area within the treatment chamber in the aqueous solution;
• one or more sensors at said interface between the handpiece and the housing configured to detect one or more skin parameters from the group consisting of skin melanin concentration, skin hemoglobin concentration, and skin water content;
• a power and control unit configured to control the circulation assembly and said at least one energy delivery device, wherein the power and control unit is configured to control a duration of exposure of said predetermined skin area to the aqueous solution and an amount of the skin treatment energy to be delivered based on the one or more skin parameters of said predetermined skin area detected by the one or more sensors and to control the level of the aqueous solution to allow for full or partial washing of said predetermined skin area within the treatment chamber.