Wound care method and system with one or both of vacuum-light therapy and thermally augmented oxygenation

• US 9,950,148 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2013
• Issued: 04/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Thermotek Incorporated
• Original Assignee: The Thermotek Incorporated
• Inventors: Quisenberry, Tony
• Primary Examiner(s): Jackson, Gary
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nganga, Boniface N
• Application Number:
  US14/062,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20140052054A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,643 Days
• Field of Search: 607 88- 89, 606 9
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0054 with a closed fluid circuit, e.g. hot water
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0295 for heating or cooling or use at more than one temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0296 Intervals of heating alternated with intervals of cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/02 Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2033/143 with oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0103 inflatable
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0242 by a fluid circulating in the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/10 with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/50 Control means thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5043 Displays
• 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: A61H 9/0078 with intermittent or alternately inflated bladders or cuffs mattresses for preventing bed-sores with alternated pressurized chambers A61G7/05776
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 35/00 Devices for applying media, e.g. remedies, on the human body devices for handling toiletry or cosmetic substances A45D; absorbent pads, e.g. swabs, A61F13/15
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 35/30 Gas therapy for therapeutic treatment of the skin
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 37/00 Other apparatus for introducing media into the body for reproduction or fertilisation A61B17/425; apparatus for iontophoresis or cataphoresis A61N1/30; Percutany, i.e. introducing medicines into the body by diffusion through the skin salt baths A61H33/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0645 Applicators worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0649 using suction to fix the applicator to the tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0652 Arrays of diodes
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0661 ultraviolet
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/00 Radiation therapy ultrasound therapy A61N7/00; devices or apparatus applicable to both therapy and diagnosis A61B6/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0616 : Skin treatment other than tanning
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0624 : for eliminating microbes, germs, bacteria on or in the body

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.

Claims

1. A therapy pad comprising:

a thermal fluid flow path disposed within the therapy pad;

an array of fiber optic strands disposed on the therapy pad and positioned on a side facing a wound when the pad is placed thereover to project ultraviolet light onto the wound;

an adhesive strip disposed on the therapy pad, the adhesive strip separating the therapy pad from the wound when the pad is placed thereover;

the thermal fluid flow path comprising an inlet fluidly coupled to a vacuum pump and an oxygen concentrator, the inlet defining a flow path to a plurality of ports formed on the side of the therapy pad facing the wound, the inlet and the plurality of ports being adapted to provide at least one of oxygenation and vacuum therapy to the wound; and

a radio frequency antenna comprising a wire that extends along a length of the therapy pad on a surface of the therapy pad facing the wound.

2. The therapy pad of claim 1, wherein the radio frequency antenna receives a pulsed radio-frequency signal.

3. The therapy pad of claim 2, the pulsed radio frequency signal is approximately 27 MHz.

4. The therapy pad of claim 2, wherein the pulsed radio frequency signal stimulates cellular bonding thereby promoting healing of a wound area.

5. The therapy pad of claim 1, further comprising a luer lock fluidly coupled to the inlet.

6. A method of treating a wound area, the method comprising:

dressing the wound area with a therapy pad;

administering ultra-violet light to the wound area via the therapy pad;

administering, via the therapy pad at least one of vacuum therapy and oxygenation therapy to wound area;

administering, via the therapy pad, thermal therapy to the wound area; and

administering a pulsed radio frequency signal to the wound area via a radio frequency antenna disposed within the therapy pad.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the administering thermal therapy comprises circulating a heat transfer fluid through the therapy pad.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the administering thermal therapy comprises providing at least one of heated and cooled oxygen to the wound area via the therapy pad.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the administering the pulsed radio frequency signal comprises administering a signal of approximately 27 MHz.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising administering a medication to the wound area via a luer lock disposed with the therapy pad.