Tissue irrigation arrangement
OwnerPatrick V. Marasco, Donald N. Halgreninventors
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Abstract
A method of treating a body portion wound on a patient includes the steps of arranging a flexible envelope about the wound site of the patient being treated, the envelope having at least one primary opening to permit entry of the body portion; introducing a manipulable, fluid dispersing gun through a second opening in the envelope; supplying a pressurized fluid to the gun from a fluid transfer pump; and regulating the fluid dispersed in the envelope onto the wound site by a control apparatus selected from the group comprised of a temperature control, a pressure control, a spray control, a stream control, a pulsation control, a medicament control, or a suction control.
Claims10
A method of treating a body portion wound on a patient comprising the steps of:
- arranging a flexible envelope about the wound site of the patient being treated, said envelope having at least one primary opening to permit entry of said body portion;
- introducing a manipulable, fluid dispersing gun through a second opening in said envelope;
- supplying a pressurized fluid to said gun from a fluid transfer pump;
- regulating said fluid dispersed in said envelope onto said wound site by a control apparatus selected from the group comprised of a temperature control, a pressure control, a spray control, a stream control, a pulsation control, a medicament control, or a suction control;
- maintaining said envelope on the patient's wound site in an expanded configuration;
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- collecting and filtering said fluid sprayed into said envelope to permit said wound site tissue to be sampled.
A method of treating a body portion wound with a fluid treatment onto a patient comprising the steps of:
- arranging a flexible envelope about the wound site of the patient being treated, said envelope having at least one primary opening to permit entry of said body portion;
- sealing said envelope about said patient's wound site;
- introducing a nozzle of a manipulable, fluid dispersing gun through a second opening in said envelope;
- supplying a pressurized fluid to said gun from a fluid transfer pump;
- treating said wound with said dispersed fluid;
- disposing of said nozzle of said gun after said fluid treatment has been completed on the patient;
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- collecting and filtering said fluid dispersed into said envelope to permit said wound site tissue to be sampled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.