Bob Cunningham is a wound specialist with Sunbelt -TGC home health. He says the device warms up the wound and causes blood to come into the area. The foam cover goes directly over the wound and a heating card slips in place. The warm-up is used several times a day. A sophisticated temperature control unit prevents the patient from burning.
Sores can be painful, and leave the body open to infection.
But it has good success with pressure sores like Virginia's. Yolanda Fernandez Newschannel 8.