Wound cleaning and decontamination device and method of use thereof
AssigneeAct Seed Technology Fund LLC
InventorsMichael D. RAINONE, Brook A. GRISHAM
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Abstract
A wound cleaning and decontamination device and method is provided using directional control provided by a fluid oscillator providing a pulsating stream of droplets capable of inducing a vibrating or trampolining effect on the surface being cleaned. The device may include a pulsital oscillating nozzle supported by a portable housing, and a reservoir of cleaning fluid. The pulsating stream oscillates at a resonant frequency of the surface being cleaned, which may be between 20 and 80 Hz. The method may include using a pulsital oscillating nozzle for driving a disinfecting solution into the interstices of an epidermis layer of skin.
Claims19
A method of decontaminating pliant skin surfaces comprising the steps of:
- a. selecting a target skin surface having an epidermis layer comprising interstices beneath the skin surface;
- b. providing a decontamination device comprising:
- i. a reservoir comprising a predetermined amount of a cleaning fluid;
- ii. a pulsital oscillating nozzle operatively connected to the reservoir, the nozzle being capable of directing the cleaning fluid in a pulsating oscillating stream having a frequency about a resonant frequency of the target skin surface;
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- iii. a portable housing supporting the nozzle;
- c. applying a disinfecting solution to the target skin surface;
- d. spraying the cleaning fluid over the target skin surface for a predetermined period from the pulsital oscillating nozzle and causing the target skin surface to vibrate at a resonant frequency;
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- e. driving the disinfecting solution into the interstices of the epidermis layer.
A method of decontaminating pliant skin surfaces comprising the steps of:
- a. selecting a target skin surface having a coagulating wound;
- b. providing a decontamination device comprising:
- i. a reservoir comprising a predetermined amount of a cleaning fluid;
- ii. a pulsital oscillating nozzle operatively connected to the reservoir, the nozzle being capable of directing the cleaning fluid in a pulsating oscillating stream having a frequency between about 20 and 80 Hz;
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- iii. a portable housing supporting the nozzle;
- c. applying a disinfecting solution to at least a portion of the target skin surface;
- d. spraying the cleaning fluid over the target skin surface for a predetermined period in an oscillating stream having a frequency between about 20 and 80 Hz from the pulsital oscillating nozzle;
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- e. stimulating and removing fibrin from the coagulating wound.
A self contained decontamination device comprising:
- a. a reservoir comprising a predetermined amount of a cleaning fluid at a selected pressure;
- b. a pulsital oscillating nozzle operatively connected to the reservoir, the nozzle being capable of directing the cleaning fluid in a pulsating oscillating stream having a frequency about the resonant frequency of a surface being cleaned;
- c. a flow control mechanism operatively controlling the flow to the nozzle;
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- d. a portable housing supporting the nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.