Wound treatment containment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9107985-B2
Application number	US-201113223453-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2011
Priority date	Oct 29, 2008
Publication date	Aug 18, 2015
Grant date	Aug 18, 2015

Abstract

The invention relates to the treatment of wounds. In particular, the invention relates to systems, devices, and methods enabling treatment (e.g., debridement) of wounds with liquid, gas, or particles in a non-controlled setting while providing containment of contaminated liquid, gas or particles, thereby preventing exposure of individuals and surfaces in proximity to the patient to infectious materials. In certain embodiments, the systems and devices are conformable to the contours of a non-planar surface, such as the human body (e.g., to seal or partially seal the device or system to a portion of a human body).

First claim

I claim:

1. A system for wound treatment comprising:
a) a base element comprising a top and bottom, wherein the bottom is:
i) conformable to contours of a non-planar surface, and
ii) securable to a surface of a body or to a wound-proximal membrane element residing upon the surface of a body;

b) an upper housing element, connectable to the top of said base element, less flexible than said base element and comprising at least first and second port elements;
c) a material in…

Assignees

• Hirsch Elliot M
• Univ Northwestern

Inventors

• Hirsch Elliot M

Classifications

• A61M1/92

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/91

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/77 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M27/002

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/0088

  Human Necessities · mapped topic