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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2000
Scott D. Augustine, Bloomington, MN (US);
John P. Rock, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Albert P. Van Duren, Chaska, MN (US);
Augustine Medical, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A tissue treatment apparatus includes a bandage that is transparent to, or transmissive of, energy in a predetermined range of the infrared (IR) portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The bandage includes a layer that acts as a bandpass filter, permitting IR radiation in the range of wavelengths between 3 and 30 &mgr;m to pass through the bandage to tissue against which the bandage is disposed. A heater is used to generate heat, including IR radiation, and an attachment device retains the heater over or on the bandpass bandage layer. The bandage and heater together have a low profile so as to be convenient for a patient, and are flexible so as to conform to the shape of a wound and to contours of the skin near the wound. The bandage is provided with an adhesive pattern for maintaining moisture at the wound site. The heater may maintain a normothermic condition at subdermal regions of the wound treatment area. A controller may be provided for cycling the temperature of the heater in order to maintain the normothermic condition.