278 results about "Wound area" patented technology

A non-contact wound treatment device suitable for releasable attachment to a patient's skin surface over a selected wound area in a non-contact position relative to the selected wound area, the wound treatment device comprising an attachment portion suitable for releasable attachment with the patient's skin surface, having an inner perimeter for defining the selected wound area, a wound treatment portion with a wound cover and a support member supporting the wound cover, and a transition portion with a joint connecting the wound treatment portion to the attachment portion.

A wound treatment device which fits over standard bandages and covers both the wound area itself and major portions of the surrounding area of healthy skin of an extremity such as a leg, arm, or foot. The wound treatment device maintains the wound near normal body temperature (37° C.) by conserving and redistributing the body's own heat energy using a high efficiency thermal insulator to minimize heat loss from the wound and surrounding skin area and a high efficiency thermal conductor for distributing heat from the surrounding skin to the wound area. The wound treatment device avoids potential problems associated with external heat sources and provides for an ideal physiological environment for wound healing. The wound treatment device can be worn by the patient for extended periods of time during their regular daily routine without constant medical supervision. The wound treatment device can also store extra thermal energy generated by physical activity such as walking, cleaning, or bicycling.

Devices and methods are disclosed for achieving hemostasis in traumatized patients. The devices utilize fluid impermeable outer surfaces and distributed pressure to achieve tamponade and hemostasis, primarily by exertion of pressure. The devices are capable of serving as carriers for throabogenic or antipathogenic agents. Peripheral haemostatic packing devices include optional adhesive hemostatic barriers to cover the entire wound area over the hemostatic pack. The hemostatic packing devices may be placed and removed by open surgery or laparoscopic access without generating excessive re-bleeding, and may further comprise antimicrobial or thrombogenic regions.

Systems and methods for capturing and digitizing an image of a wound and / or a wound trace from a patient and determining there from a degree of change in the characteristics of the wound. A first embodiment includes a transparent / translucent film onto which a dark outline of the wound is traced. The film is fixed to a reference template that provides a geometrically defined reference area. The film / template assembly is imaged with a digital imaging device associated with a handheld digital processor (such as a PDA). The digital image of the template and the wound trace are analyzed to identify the wound tracing and quantify the area within the closed curve. A second embodiment includes imaging the wound site with a reference tag and viewing the image on a display with an associated graphical data input device. A trace of the wound perimeter is made on display with the graphical data input device to establish a data set for the wound perimeter. The data set for the wound trace and the reference tag are analyzed to identify and quantify the wound area. In each embodiment, the system includes a display for providing both a view of the wound trace and the calculated data associated with the wound area.

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.

A disposable bandage for covering a wound area of a skin surface includes a self adhesive first fastener portion and a second fastener portion, a dome having a generally rectilinear shape and constructed from a thin rigid material, the dome being coupled to the first fastener portion along one edge and coupled to the second fastener portion along a second edge. The dome includes pleats that extend across the dome shape from the top edge to the bottom edge of the dome. A gasket is formed of a stretchable material and extends around the underside of the dome. The gasket is held in contact with the skin surface.

The method and device of the present invention for wound treatment with ultrasound standing waves includes a transducer probe to produce ultrasonic waves. The ultrasonic transducer has a tip with a distal radiation surface that radiates ultrasound energy toward the surface of a wound. Ultrasound standing waves occurring as a result of incident and reflected waves from the wound surface create ultrasonic radiation pressure. Ultrasound radiation pressure increases the blood flow in wound area, and ultrasound waves kill bacteria, stimulate healthy tissue cell and treat wounds.

Systems and methods for capturing and digitizing an image of a wound and / or a wound trace from a patient and determining there from a degree of change in the characteristics of the wound. A first embodiment includes a transparent / translucent film onto which a dark outline of the wound is traced. The film is fixed to a reference template that provides a geometrically defined reference area. The film / template assembly is imaged with a digital imaging device associated with a handheld digital processor (such as a PDA). The digital image of the template and the wound trace are analyzed to identify the wound tracing and quantify the area within the closed curve. A second embodiment includes imaging the wound site with a reference tag and viewing the image on a display with an associated graphical data input device. A trace of the wound perimeter is made on display with the graphical data input device to establish a data set for the wound perimeter. The data set for the wound trace and the reference tag are analyzed to identify and quantify the wound area. In each embodiment, the system includes a display for providing both a view of the wound trace and the calculated data associated with the wound area.

A non-contact controllable heater wound covering and method 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.

A non-contact wound treatment device suitable for releasable attachment to a patient's skin surface over a selected wound area in a non-contact position relative to the selected wound area, the wound treatment device comprising an attachment portion suitable for releasable attachment with the patient's skin surface, having an inner perimeter for defining the selected wound area, a wound treatment portion with a substantially planar wound cover and a support member supporting the wound cover, and a transition portion with a membrane connecting the wound treatment portion to the attachment portion, the membrane extending around the outer perimeter of the support member and attached to the attachment portion between the inner and outer perimeter of the attachment portion.

A disposable bandage for covering a wound area of a skin surface includes a self adhesive first fastener portion and a second fastener portion, a dome having a generally rectilinear shape and constructed from a thin rigid material, the dome being coupled to the first fastener portion along one edge and coupled to the second fastener portion along a second edge. The dome includes pleats that extend across the dome shape from the top edge to the bottom edge of the dome. A gasket is formed of a stretchable material and extends around the underside of the dome. The gasket is held in contact with the skin surface when the first fastener portion and the second fastener portion are pressed to a user's skin and, when the first fastener portion and the second fastener portion are moved away from each other, the pleats are unfolded and the gasket material is stretched and remains in contact with the skin surface.

A pillow for supporting a wounded victim at a wound site incorporates a molecular sieve material which is at least partially exposed so that blood flowing from a wounded area supported by the pillow contacts the molecular sieve material to facilitate the clotting of blood flowing from the wound. A removable flexible casing for a pillow incorporates a molecular sieve material capable of providing a clotting function to the blood. An overlay comprising a molecular sieve material can be placed on top of a conventional pillow, on a gurney, or on any other surface. A method of treating a bleeding wound includes providing a pillow having molecular sieve material in particle form retained therein and using the pillow to support a bleeding wound such that blood flowing from the wound comes into contact with the molecular sieve material, thereby causing the blood to coagulate.

The present invention relates to the field of electrotherapy and measuring by means of electric currents for diagnostic purposes, and more particularly to an electrode arrangement for facilitating wound healing, a method for measuring wound healing and a wound dressing having an electrode arrangement. A wound dressing according is described which includes at least two impedance reference electrodes, a frame like counter-electrode and stimulation electrodes in a form of an array; and a bioadhesive affinity layer surrounding the stimulation electrodes; said wound dressing being suited for applying on top of the wound so that the stimulation electrode array is on the wound area, and that the at least two impedance reference electrodes and the frame like counter-electrode are suited for placing in contact with the healthy skin surrounding the wound area; which electrodes, are suited for applying LIDC type electrical stimulation current to the wound area and for bioimpedance measurement. The wound dressing can provide a continuous, non-invasive and objective solution for monitoring chronic wound healing without disturbing the delicate healing process.

An apparatus and method for the production of substitute skin that advantageously reduces the amount of donor dermal cells needed from non-wound areas of a patient having a wound to be auto-grafted is reduced by using all of the harvested skin cells. A 3D printer is used to construct a wound graft product from the harvested skin cells without wasting any of the harvested skin cells. In a case of an irregularly shaped wound, wastage of harvested skin associated with trimming is avoided.

The present invention relates to the use of one or more natural or modified oxygen carriers, devoid of plasma or cellular membrane constituents, for the production of an agent for the external treatment of open wounds, particularly chronic wounds. Hemoglobin or myoglobin of human or animal origin are suitable as oxygen carriers. The oxygen carriers can also preferably be modified. Suitable modifications are cross-linking, reaction with polyalkylene oxides, chemically reactive or chemically non-reactive effectors, or combinations. The agent is applied to the wound area particularly by means of spraying on an aqueous solution containing the oxygen carrier(s). The oxygen carriers can be used in particularly effective manner in the case of chronic wounds resulting from tissue degeneration, particularly diabetic tissue degeneration.

The subject invention is an improved band aid (bandage covering) for use in treatment of wounds where medication is to be administered to a surface wound, infection, or other problem on the skin of an individual, such band aid comprising, in general, a bandage member or similar member adapted to cover the skin area where the wound is located, such bandage member having a portion thereof with an opening on the upper bandage surface that extends to the lower surface of the bandage and which opening has a removable cover over the upper part thereof with the opening being used to insert medication to reach a specific wound area under the bandage and which opening is then recovered after the medication is so placed.

A basin generally for use in health-care industries for debridement and / or irrigation of wound areas. The basin is best used for treatment of wounds on extremities and comprises a stable basin having contoured seats on opposing side walls and a filtering device to prevent clogging of the drainage hole and tubing.

A combination therapy pad that includes a first layer and a second layer operatively coupled to the first layer. A fiber-optic array is disposed between the first layer and the second layer. A third layer is operatively coupled to the first layer. The third layer includes a vacuum tube in fluid communication with a vacuum source and a therapeutic fluid tube in fluid communication with a therapeutic fluid source. The third layer provides at least one of vacuum therapy and therapeutic fluid treatment to a wound area.

A targeting apparatus for the correction of the deformity in proximal femur of a child is disclosed and includes a retention assembly; a cylindrical nail retention member tapered toward its half-spherical bottom end and including an upper through hole, a lower through hole, and a top cavity having inner threads for releasably secured to the retention assembly; a first locking nail including a forward threaded portion, an enlarged head, and a retaining recess in the head thereof; and a second locking nail including a forward threaded portion, an enlarged head, and a retaining recess in the head thereof. The invention has the advantages of reducing the area of wound when implanting the locking nails in the femur and saving labor during surgery.

The invention relates to a material for wound healing and skin reconstruction containing a peptide, wherein the peptide is a self-assembling peptide which is an amphiphilic peptide having 8 to 200 amino acid residues with periodic repeats of alternating hydrophilic amino acids and hydrophobic amino acids, and forms a stable β-sheet structure in an aqueous solution in the presence of a monovalent ion. The material for wound healing and skin reconstruction of the present invention is capable of healing a wound area of mammals quicker than spontaneous recovery without leaving any scars, wherein the material has no potential risk of infectious disease such as virus transmission.

The invention relates to a biocompatible pre-gelatinized modified starch. The water absorbency is not less than one time, and the biocompatible pre-gelatinized modified starch is taken as biocompatible hemostatic material, biocompatible anti-blocking material, biocompatible tissue-healing promoting material, biocompatible surgical sealant or biocompatible wound closure tissue glue. The invention has the advantages that the biocompatible pre-gelatinized modified starch is directly acted on the wounded area with blood for immediately stopping bleeding, has obviously increased water absorbency and speed of water absorption and greater viscosity and stickiness and further plays the role in preventing the tissue and the blood vessel from being damaged during the process of stopping bleeding; the modified starch is easy to swell or dissolve in water, and is washed by normal saline after the bleeding stopping so as to reduce the residual in the body, to be favorable for wound healing and to avoid the pain due to tearing the gauze and the bandage out; the pre-gelatinized modified starch has the actions of bacterial resistance and anti-inflammatory; and the pre-gelatinized modified starch is stable, not easy to decompose, long in guarantee period, convenient for storage, resistant at high pressure and low pressure, resistant at high temperature and low temperature and not easy to change the physicochemical characteristics.

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.

Illustrative embodiments of a method are disclosed, which comprise applying a texture filter to a bright field image of a wound healing assay, generating a wound mask image in response to an output of the texture filter, and determining a wound area of the wound healing assay by counting a number of pixels in the wound mask image corresponding to the wound area. Illustrative embodiments of apparatus are also disclosed.

A compression garment has panels of elasticized fabric joined by seams of flat lock stitching to define, when worn, specific areas of compression, areas of compression being the perineum, caesarian wound area and rectus abdominus muscles or the perineum and the pelvic joints.

The invention relates to the technical field of a traditional Chinese medicine preparation, and particularly discloses externally-applied skin-generating oil for treatment of burns and a preparation method and application thereof. The skin-generating oil is prepared by soaking the following 15 Chinese herbs in sesame oil: radix scutellariae, rheum officinale, astragalus mongholicus, coptis chinensis, cortex phellodendri, angelica sinensis, sanguisorba officinalis, lithospermum, rehmannia, radix angelicae, cynanchum atratum, bletilla striata, olibanum, myrrh and borneol. When the skin-generating oil is applied in treatment of burns, wound infection caused after injury can be prevented effectively, proliferation and migration of fibroblasts and vascular endothelial cells can be promoted, neovascularization can be induced, wound healing can be accelerated, scar repair can be promoted, the wound healing time can be shortened, Class I-II burns can be cured in 10-12 days, and Class III burns of rabbits can be cured in 20-25 days. When Class III burns of rabbits are treated with the skin-generating oil, the wound area can be reduced from 6 cm<2> to 0.1cm<2>, the wound surface is flat, smooth and soft, and newborn hair is normal. The wound epidermis can be recovered completely, dense hair follicles can be formed in the dermis layer, and almost no difference from normal skin tissues can be produced.

An enteric fistula healing device, configured for application over a fistula or other wound to physically separate the fistula from the remainder of the wound area, such that any effluent from the intestine or bowel, or other enteric substances, that pass through the fistula are prevented from communicating with the wound area. The device is configured to collapse from a first height to a shorter second height.

A combination therapy pad that includes a first layer and a second layer operatively coupled to the first layer. A fiber-optic array is disposed between the first layer and the second layer. A third layer is operatively coupled to the first layer. The third layer includes a vacuum tube in fluid communication with a vacuum source and a therapeutic fluid tube in fluid communication with a therapeutic fluid source. The third layer provides at least one of vacuum therapy and therapeutic fluid treatment to a wound area.

The present invention relates to the field of electrotherapy and measuring by means of electric cur-rents for diagnostic purposes, and more particularly to an electrode arrangement for facilitating wound healing, a method for measuring wound healing and a wound dressing having an electrode arrangement. A wound dressing according is described which includes at least two impedance reference electrodes, a frame like counter-electrode and stimulation electrodes in a form of an array; and a bioadhesive affinity layer surrounding the stimulation electrodes; said wound dressing being suited for applying on top of the wound so that the stimulation electrode array is on the wound area, and that the at least two impedance reference electrodes and the frame like counter-electrode are suited for placing in contact with the healthy skin surrounding the wound area; which electrodes, are suited for applying LIDC type electrical stimulation current to the wound area and for bioimpedance measurement.

The invention belongs to the technical field of non-woven fabrics, and relates to a three-layered composite chitin non-woven fabric, a preparation method thereof and an application thereof. The three-layered composite chitin non-woven fabric comprises a chitin fabric layer, an ES fabric layer, and a viscose fabric layer between the two. The chitin fabric layer, the ES fabric layer, and the viscose fabric layer are combined into an integral whole. The three-layered composite chitin non-woven fabric has advantages of good flexibility, good ventilating and moisturizing capacities, good haemostasis and tissue fluid absorption capacities, and ideal wound curing effect. Also, the fabric can be compactly applied on a wound. With the fabric, tissue fluid can be prevented from overflowing, and adhesion between a wounded area and the fiber can be avoided. With the method provided by the present invention, the preparation of the fiber can be achieved by a traditional non-woven machine, and no special apparatus is required. With the method, comprehensive embodiments of the technical effects of the three-layered composite chitin non-woven fabric can be ensured. According to the application provided by the present invention, the technical effects of the three-layered composite chitin non-woven fabric can be embodied in medical treatments.