Isolated wound-treatment arrangement
OwnerPatrick V. Marasco JR.inventor
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Abstract
A patient wound treatment arrangement for isolating and enclosing a wound site and minimizing costs and contamination of such treatment to permit pressurized fluid treatment of the wound in the bag. The arrangement comprises an enclosure bag for attachment to a body portion of a patient. The enclosure bag has a first end and a second end, with at least one of the first end or the second ends being open. At least one inlet port snorkel is arranged through a wall of the enclosure bag. A one way valve is arranged on an inner end of each inlet port snorkel to permit a wound treating nozzle to be inserted therethrough.
Claims24
A patient wound treatment arrangement for isolating and enclosing a wound site and minimizing costs and contamination of such treatment to permit pressurized fluid treatment of said wound in said bag, comprising:
- an enclosure bag for attachment to a body portion of a patient, said enclosure bag having a first end and a second end, with at least one of said first end or said second end being open;
- at least one inlet port snorkel arranged through a wall of said enclosure bag;
- a one way valve arranged on an inner end of each of said inlet port snorkel to permit a wound treating nozzle to be inserted therethrough.
A method of treating a wound on a mammalian patient comprising:
- placing at least a portion of said patient in an enclosure bag through an open end of said enclosure bag;
- sealing said open end of said enclosure bag onto a wound-free portion of said patient;
- inserting a wound treatment delivery nozzle through a snorkel inlet in said bag;
- supplying a wound treatment fluid to said nozzle and spraying said fluid onto said wound of said patient;
- draining said wound treatment fluid from said bag through a drain conduit into a separate waste collection chamber.
A method of performing an arthroscopic wound treatment procedure on a joint wound on a mammalian patient comprising:
- placing a limb having a joint of said patient in an enclosure bag through an open end of said enclosure bag, said enclosure bag having a first open end and a second open end;
- sealing said first and second open ends of said enclosure bag onto a spaced apart wound-free portion of said patient on either side of said joint of said patient;
- inserting a wound treatment delivery nozzle through a snorkel inlet in said bag;
- supplying a wound treatment fluid to said nozzle and spraying said fluid onto said wound of said patient;
- draining said wound treatment fluid from said bag through a drain conduit into a separate waste collection chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.