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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Patrick J. Trotter, Leeds, GB;
Frank R. Cichocki, Jr., Easton, PA (US);
Inventors:
Patrick J. Trotter, Leeds, GB;
Frank R. Cichocki, Jr., Easton, PA (US);
Assignee:
Systagenix Wound Management (US), Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 33/00 (2006.01); A61P 17/02 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61H 33/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 35/00 (2013.01); A61H 33/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treatment of a wound, said method comprising the step of injecting an effective amount of an oxygen-containing fluid into said wound at a location below a surface of said wound, said step of injecting being carried out through a conduit having one or more outlets for said fluid, wherein substantially all of said outlets are positioned below the surface of the wound during said step of injecting. Injection of oxygen directly into the wound tissue below the wound surface provides enhanced wound healing.