Normothermic tissue heating wound covering
First Claim
1. A wound covering for application to a selected treatment area of a person'"'"'s body, the selected treatment area including a wound area, said wound covering comprising:
- a heater for providing heat to at least a portion of the selected treatment area;
a flexible attachment member for attaching the heater in a non-contact position proximate the selected treatnent area, said flexible attachment member including a peripheral sealing ring having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface having a substantially continuous layer extending thereacross for support of the heater, said lower surface having an adhesive layer thereon for attaching the member around the selected treatment area, wherein neither the heater nor the member contacts the wound area; and
a controller connected to the heater, for controlling the output of the heater to raise the temperature of the selected treatment area fom a pretreatment temperature to about 38°
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Abstract
A non-contact heated wound covering preferably having a peripheral sealing ring covered by a layer to which is attached a heater and this assembly is attached to the skin with an adhesive so that the heater is held proximate the wound area in a non-contact position. The layer and peripheral sealing ring together define a treatment volume proximate the wound. The wound covering includes a programmable active heater control and the sealing ring may dispense water to control the humidity of the treatment volume. One form of active heat is an electrical resistive filament in variable geometric shapes providing versatility in application of heat to different types of wounds and wound area geometries. Another form of active heat is the transfer of a heated gas to the wound covering.
345 Citations
87 Claims
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1. A wound covering for application to a selected treatment area of a person'"'"'s body, the selected treatment area including a wound area, said wound covering comprising:
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a heater for providing heat to at least a portion of the selected treatment area; a flexible attachment member for attaching the heater in a non-contact position proximate the selected treatnent area, said flexible attachment member including a peripheral sealing ring having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface having a substantially continuous layer extending thereacross for support of the heater, said lower surface having an adhesive layer thereon for attaching the member around the selected treatment area, wherein neither the heater nor the member contacts the wound area; and a controller connected to the heater, for controlling the output of the heater to raise the temperature of the selected treatment area fom a pretreatment temperature to about 38°
C. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A wound covering for application to a selected treatment area of a person'"'"'s body, the selected treatment area including a wound area, said wound covering comprising:
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a heater layer for providing heat to at least a portion of the selected treatment area; one or more supports to support the heater layer in a non-contact position proximate the selected treatment area, said one or more supports including a peripheral sealing ring having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface having a substantially continuous layer extending thereacross for support of the heater layer, said lower surface having an adhesive layer thereon for attaching the one or more supports around the selected treatment area, wherein neither the heater layer nor the one or more supports contacts the wound area; a controller operably connected to the heater layer, for controlling the temperature of the heater layer; and an input interface operably connected to the controller, for inputting to the controller a tissue treatment regimen for the portion of selected treatment area receiving heat so as to reach a target tissue temperature in a range from a pretreatment temperature to about 38°
C. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A wound covering for application to a selected treatment area of a person'"'"'s body, the selected treatment area including a wound area, said wound covering comprising:
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a heater for providing heat to at least a portion of the selected treatment area; a support for attaching the heater in a non-contact position proximate the selected treatment area, said support including a peripheral sealing ring having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface having a substantially continuous layer extending thereacross for support of the heater, said lower surface having an adhesive layer thereon for attaching the support around the selected treatment area, wherein neither the heater nor the support contacts the wound area; a controller, operably connected to the heater, for controlling the temperature of the heater; and an interface, operably connected to the controller, for inputting to the controller a tissue treatment regimen for the portion of selected treatment area receiving heat so as to reach an average target tissue temperature in a range from above a pretreatment temperature to about 38°
C. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. A wound covering for treating a selected treatment area of a person'"'"'s body, said wound covering comprising:
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a heater; a support to hold the heater in a non-contact position proximate a wound in the selected treatment are, said support including a peripheral sealing ring having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface having a substantially continuous layer extending thereacross for support of the heater, said lower surface having an adhesive layer thereon for attaching the support around the selected treatment area, wherein neither the heater nor the support contacts the wound area; a programmable temperature controller connected to the heater; and programming for causing the controller to operate the heater according to a tissue treatment regimen for raising the temperature of the tissue in a portion of the selected treatment area to an average target tissue temperature in a range from above a pretreatment temperature to about 38°
C. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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74. A method for treating a wound of a person, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a wound treatment area of the person'"'"'s skin including a target tissue near a wound; providing a heater; providing a controller operably connected to the heater; forming a wound treatment volume over the wound by placing an enclosure over the wound treatment area, out of contact with the wound, said enclosure including a peripheral sealing ring having an upper surface and a lower surface, said upper surface having a substantially continuous layer extending thereacross for support of the heater, said lower surface having an adhesive layer thereon for attaching the enclosure around the selected treatment area; attaching the heater to the enclosure, out of contact with the wound; heating at least the target tissue; and causing the controller to operate the heater according to a tissue treatment regimen in which the target tissue receives heat; the tissue treatment regime including operating the heater so as to heat at least the target tissue to a temperature in a range from a pretreatment temperature to about 38°
C. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A wound covering, comprising:
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a flexible sealing member defining a volume and including an upper surface and a lower surface; a substantially continuous layer extending across the upper surface; a heater supported against the upper surface by the layer; an adhesive supported against the lower surface for attaching the flexible sealing member to a person in order to place the volume over a wound such that the member and the heater are out of contact with the wound; and a controller connected to the heater for causing the heater to raise a temperature of a selected temperature area including a wound from a pretreatment temperature to about 38°
C. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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Specification