Patent ID: 9387125
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A61F,A61N

Claim Text:
1. Apparatus comprising: a tubular body configured to be disposed around an extremity of a patient and to apply compression to the extremity, the tubular body having a longitudinal direction and a circumferential direction, the tubular body including a treatment area having a first filament, a second filament, and a third filament, both the first filament and the second filament disposed to engage a surface of the extremity, the first filament and the third filament oriented in the circumferential direction and the second filament oriented in the longitudinal direction, the first filament arranged in a first circumferential band, the third filament arranged in a second circumferential band adjacent the first circumferential band, the first filament including AgNP in a concentration effective to promote healing of a wound on the surface of the extremity, the second filament including a metal having a composition that forms a galvanic couple with silver, the third filament being substantially devoid of AgNP, the first filament and the second filament being arranged in the tubular body, and the AgNP and metal being arranged in the first filament and the second filament, such that the AgNP and metal form galvanic couples across at least a portion of the treatment area when in the presence of a fluid in the wound of the extremity that produce an electric current in an amount effective to further promote healing of the wound.