Patent ID: 8100956
Filing Date: 2012-01-24
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for wound care utilizing thermal and oxygenation therapies, the method comprising: housing, at a reservoir, thermal fluid for utilization by a system; providing a treatment blanket in flow communication with the reservoir; providing a fluid flow junction having at least three flow branches, wherein a first branch receives thermal fluid from the reservoir, a second branch receives the thermal fluid returning from the treatment blanket, and a third branch for delivering the thermal fluid to the treatment blanket; creating a low pressure site at the third branch, wherein the low pressure site causes the thermal fluid from the second branch to be pulled into the third branch; cycling between heating and cooling the thermal fluid to provide contrast thermal therapy to a wound of a patient; and providing oxygenation therapy concurrently with said cycling for enhancing oxygen absorption by the wound.