MEDICAMENT FOR WOUND DISINFECTION AND TISSUE WELDING

摘要

The present invention includes a method of treating a wound, and the use of a photosensitizer composition in the manufacture of a medicament for treating a wound, that includes both disinfecting the wound using light and welding the tissue of the wound using light. In a preferred embodiment, the tissue welding occurs substantially immediately after disinfection. The method and/or use includes applying a photosensitizer to the wound, illuminating the wound with light, closing the wound, and illuminating the wound a second time. A solder is optionally applied to wound after the first illumination and before the closing of the wound.