Apparatus and method of treatment of wounds, burns and immune system disorders

• US 6,620,379 B1
• Filed: 12/21/1999
• Issued: 09/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: SPM Recovery Limited
• Original Assignee: SPM Recovery Limited
• Inventors: Schnaiderman, Mark, Mizruchin, Nelly, Piuk, Vladimir
• Primary Examiner(s): MCKANE, ELIZABETH L
• Application Number:
  US09/467,933
• Time in Patent Office: 1,365 Days
• Field of Search: 422/33, 422/292, 422/3, 73/493, 604/25
• US Class Current: 422/3
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2033/141 with ionised gas, e.g. ozone
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 33/14 Devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen, or the like production of ozone or hydrogen C01B, C25B1/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 33/40 Peroxides
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/0094 Gaseous substances
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/202 Ozone
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2/24 Apparatus using programmed or automatic operation
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2202/14 Means for controlling sterilisation processes, data processing, presentation and storage means, e.g. sensors, controllers, programs
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/015 using gaseous or vaporous substances, e.g. ozone A61L9/20 takes precedence ; evaporation in general B01B1/005
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0007 introduced into the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/02 Gases
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 35/30 Gas therapy for therapeutic treatment of the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 31/00 Antiinfectives, i.e. antibiotics, antiseptics, chemotherapeutics
• CPC Class Codes: C02F 1/78 with ozone C02F1/4672 takes precedence

Abstract

A device for the treatment of objects using an effective amount of ozone, the device comprising at least two sealed treatment chambers into which a person inserts at least one object to be treated, each treatment chamber being hermetically sealed by a sealing means to provide a complete seal, a distribution means for delivering the ozone-oxygen to each of the treatment chambers, a control system being designed to produce a static mode operation wherein there is no ozone flow into or out of the treatment chamber except during testing periods when a negative pressure is produced in each treatment chamber. The inventions also pertains to an improved device for treating wound, ulcers, burns, skin and immune system disorders, thrombotic diseases, and disorders of blood platelets, diabetes or peripheral vascular diseases.

Claims

1. A device for the treatment of objects using an effective amount of ozone, the device comprising:

at least two sealed treatment chambers for objects to to be treated, wherein each treatment chamber is used for one object;

each treatment chamber being hermetically sealed by a sealing means to provide a complete seal;

each treatment chamber includes an inlet for introducing ozone-oxygen mixture therein and an outlet for removing the ozone-oxygen mixture therefrom;

a supply of ozone-oxygen connected to inlets of treatment chambers;

a suction pump connected to outlets of treatment chambers;

a distribution means for delivering the ozone-oxygen to each of the treatment chambers;

a control system for controlling the supply of ozone-oxygen mixture, the suction pump and the distribution means, the control system being designed to produce a static mode operation in all treatment chambers wherein is no ozone flow into or out of the treatment chambers except during testing periods when an ozone flow with a negative pressure is produced in one of the treatment chambers.

2. The device according to claim 1 wherein the supply of ozone-oxygen mixture includes a compressed oxygen container, a flowmeter, an ozone generator and a connecting line, the connecting line connecting the outlet of the ozone generator to the inlet of the distribution means, a first by-pass and a switch valve by passing the ozone generator and the flowmeter, and connecting the compressed oxygen container to the connecting line, wherein the switch valve is controlled by the control system.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the control system comprises a sealing check means and a controller;

wherein an input port the sealing check means is connected with an output port of the distribution means; and

an output ports of the sealing check means being connected to an input ports of the controller, thereby the sealing quality of each treatment chamber before delivering ozone or during ozone treatment.

4. The device according to claim 3, wherein the sealing check means comprises a differential pressure sensor to measure pressure within each treatment chamber.

5. The device according to claim 3, wherein the sealing check means further comprises a pressure memory differential comparator for recording the pressure difference in oxygen flow at the inlet and outlet of the treatment chamber both for positive and negative pressure before the beginning of ozone treatment.

6. The device according to claim 3, wherein the controller is programmed to set the static mode operation in each treatment chamber after filling said chamber with the ozone-oxygen mixture and to control the ozone concentration in each treatment chamber by means of the ozone generator.

7. The device according to claim 3, wherein the controller is programmed to produce at testing periods in turn for each treatment chamber;

wherein the outflow at said testing period is tested for any drop in ozone content, and a quantity of fresh ozone is introduced into the treatment chamber to make-up for any drop of ozone content therein;

thereby the controller controls the distributing means such that if a testing period is in one of the treatment chamber, there will be no ozone flow in any of the remaining treatment chambers.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the control system comprises a selector means for selecting the treatment chambers for ozone treatment.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises an ozone monitor connecting to the outlet of the distributing means.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the device further comprises an ozone destruct or connected to the outlet of the ozone monitor.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device comprises an input data unit for entering the data of objects to be treated.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the input data unit comprises an unit for the patient number, a wound status unit and an unit of the bacteriological data.

13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the controller is programmed to determine a required ozone concentration and time of ozone treatment for each object to be treated according to the data entered into the controller from the input data unit.

14. The device according to claim 1, wherein the control system comprises an output data unit for recording the data on objects to be treated.

15. The device according to claim 1, wherein the each treatment chamber comprises:

an air-impermeable housing, said housing comprising a hollow construction to define a treatment chamber, said housing being formed with an inlet and an outlet for ozone, and with an opening for introducing into the treatment chamber an object to be treated;

a first flexible air-impermeable sleeve having one end lining the opening and its opposite end extending externally of the treatment chamber within the housing; and

a clamping ring clamping one end of the flexible sleeve to the housing.

16. The device according to claim 15, wherein the clamping ring is of conical configuration and is receivable with a friction fit over a complementary conical section of the housing circumscribing the opening therein, with one end of the flexible sleeve clamped between the conical ring and the conical section of the housing.

17. The device according to claim 16, wherein the sleeve of a flexible elastic material and its outer end firmly grips the object.

18. The device according to claim 15, wherein the flexible sleeve is of a pliable plastic material, and the device further includes a second clamping ring for clamping the outer end of the pliable plastic sleeve to the object.

19. The device according to claim 15, wherein the treatment chamber further comprises:

an outer rigid ring with a leakage outlet for removing any ozone leakage;

a second flexible sleeve having one end lining the opening, and an opposite end extending externally and non-hermetically with the outer rigid ring.

20. The device according claim 19, wherein the outer rigid ring has a groove in its outside surface, said groove being used for a non-sealing connection with the second flexible sleeve.

21. The method of treating at least two objects with ozone, wherein said objects are treated in the treatment chambers in a static mode in which there is no flow into or out of the chambers, except that when each test is performed at a testing periods in turn in each of the treatment chambers;

an outflow is produced from the chamber, the outflow is tested for any drop in ozone content, and an equivalent quantity of fresh ozone being introduced into the chamber to maintain a constant ozone concentration therein.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the quantity of ozone in the treatment chamber is determined on the basis of the object treating status and the results of the bacteriological test.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein ozone is used to treat objects with diabetic ulcers.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein ozone is used to treat objects with burns.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein ozone is used to treat objects with traumatic wounds.