Burn treatment by patient immersion in an inert, isotonic liquid, which has had ozone absorbed therein

A method of treating a burn wound patient by the immersion of the burn wound of a patient in an isotonic insert liquid in which the bactericidal agent, ozone, has been absorbed, comprising the steps of:

• charging a closed system with an isotonic, non-miscible with water, inert liquid,
• wherein said liquid has a capacity to absorb oxygen/ozone gas combinations and said liquid has a specific gravity greater than 1.10,
• wherein said system contains,
• means for sterilizing said inert liquid, said sterilizing means comprising a natural gravity separation device, a mechanical gravity separation device, a filter and a heat sterilizer device,
• an ozonator for converting a fraction of an oxygen gas stream to ozone thereby forming an ozone/oxygen gas,
• an apparatus for mixing and said ozone/oxygen gas into said inert liquid,
• at least one bed/bath comprising a basin or open top vessel, in which said inert liquid is contained, adapted for the immersion of all or part of a patient's body members, except the face, therein, means for restraining a patient at a controlled submerged location in each of said at least one bed/bath and an overflow weir,
• appurtenant valves and controls to cause a temperature adjusted, quantity controlled flow through said at least one bed/bath, said flow causing the physical and gravitational rejection of water, water bearing liquid and other materials with specific gravities less than that of the inert liquid to the liquid surface where it is skimmed to said overflow weir,
• and immersing all or part of a burn patient's body members, except the face, for intermittent and extended periods of time into said inert liquid in said system for the treatment of open burn wounds.