| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for cleansing and applying therapy or prophylaxis to wounds. <P>SOLUTION: In the apparatus, irrigant fluid containing a physiologically active material from a reservoir connected to a conformable wound dressing and wound exudate from the dressing are recirculated by a device for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and a means for fluid cleansing and back to the dressing. A biodegradable scaffold underlies the dressing on the wound bed to promote tissue growth. The cleansing means (which may be a single-phase, e.g. micro-filtration, system or a two-phase, e.g. dialytic system) removes materials deleterious to wound healing, and the cleansed fluid, still containing materials that are beneficial in promoting wound healing, is returned to the wound bed. The dressing, an assembly includes the dressing and scaffold, and a method of treatment uses the apparatus. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
