| abstract |
A treatment system according to the invention comprises a chamber, treatment fluid, treatment additives, control over treatment variables and monitoring capabilities. The chamber encloses a predetermined surface area about the wound. The chamber provides protection from the wound from the surrounding non-sterile environment, control of treatment variables, containment for continuous fluid treatment, an effective delivery system, an effective interface between the wound and the environment, direct monitoring of wound physiology and wound diagnosis. The treatment system provides monitoring of the wound which is essential to enhancing the healing process. Monitoring constitutes extraction and analysis of the system fluid and clinical wound diagnosis. The system provides visual monitoring of the wound itself as well as the fluid within the system. The monitoring features of the system, in addition to the precise control over treatment variables, facilitates research. |