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US 8,632,576 B2Granted
Wound care method and system with one or both of vacuum-light therapy and thermally augmented oxygenation
AssigneeThermoTek, Inc.
InventorTony Quisenberry
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Abstract
A system for treatment of a wound area of a patient including a first treatment pad comprising a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for cleaning and exposing a wound area to ultraviolet light, a second treatment pad comprising removal ports for exposing the wound area to a negative pressure, and a control unit interoperably connected to the first and second treatment pads for providing a negative pressure and the ultraviolet light to the wound area.
Claims8
A therapy system comprising:
- a combination therapy pad comprising a plurality of fiber-optic strands and a port;
- a pressure switch fluidly coupled to the port;
- an oxygen source fluidly coupled to the pressure switch;
- a vacuum pump fluidly coupled to the pressure switch;
- a plurality of light emitting diodes operationally coupled to the plurality of fiber-optic strands;
- wherein the combination therapy pad administers at least one of vacuum therapy and oxygenation therapy via the pressure switch;
- and
- further comprising a radio frequency antenna disposed in the therapy pad for delivering radio frequency energy to the wound.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.