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US 2007/0166357 A1Published application
Bandage For Facilitating Transdermal Respiration And Healing
AssigneePeach Technologies, LLC.
InventorsThomas Shaffer, Robert Stern, Marla Wolfson
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Abstract
A bandage includes a reservoir filled with a perfluorochemical fluid, saturated with oxygen. Oxygen passes through a permeable membrane to the skin or wound to promote healing, and carbon dioxide travels from the skin or wound to the reservoir.
Claims20
A bandage comprising a reservoir containing perfluorochemical fluid, the reservoir being sealed by a gas-permeable membrane.
A treatment process comprising:
- (a) applying to the skin of an animal a bandage comprising a reservoir containing perfluorochemical fluid, the reservoir being sealed by a gas-permeable membrane, and
- (b) maintaining contact between the bandage and the skin for a predetermined period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.