Wound healing system and method of use
OwnerPeter R. Cavanagh, Jan S. Ulbrechtinventors
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Abstract
The present invention is a wound healing system and method of use to address the healing of wounds found on a foot of a patient. The wound healing system provides an apparatus and method of protecting and healing foot wounds, especially foot ulcers of diabetic patients. The wound healing system can be used on a wound found on almost any area of the bottom of a foot. The wound healing system includes a method of reducing the mechanical load on a wound, allowing the patient to walk while the system is in use, allowing the patient to access and attend to the foot, allowing different methods of treating a foot wound, and providing a kit with which medical personnel can easily fit the patient with the apparatus.
Claims15
A method of healing a wound on a foot comprising:
- a. preparing the wound and an area of the foot about the wound to receive a load relieving dressing;
- b. assessing the wound to determine the proper load relieving dressing to be employed;
- c. preparing the load relieving dressing to be attached to the area of the foot about the wound, whereby the load relieving dressing provides support to the foot in the area and relieves load on the wound;
- d. applying the load relieving dressing to the area about the wound with an adhesive;
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- e. inserting the load relieving dressing into a dressing opening in a foot pad, where the dressing opening is sized to securely receive the load relieving dressing and the dressing opening and the load relieving dressing are configured to allow easy removal of the load relieving dressing attached to the foot by pulling the foot away from the foot pad and where the foot pad being a planer flat surface that is adapted to be under the foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.