Patent ID: 8702644

Claim:
A device for use in preparing a tissue site for treatment and applying a treatment to the tissue site, wherein the device comprises: (a) a housing comprising: (i) a first fluid chamber, (ii) a first port in communication with the first fluid chamber, wherein the first port is configured to transmit a first fluid from a first fluid dispensing device to the first fluid chamber, and (iii) a plurality of agitators extending inwardly from an interior surface of the first fluid chamber toward a central longitudinal axis of the first fluid chamber, wherein the agitators define a longitudinal passage; and (b) a debriding shaft having a proximal portion extending longitudinally within the first fluid chamber of the housing and a distal portion extending longitudinally from a distal end of the housing, wherein the debriding shaft passes through the longitudinal passage, wherein the debriding shaft comprises: (i) a plurality of cutting members spaced along the distal portion of the debriding shaft, wherein the cutting members project from the debriding shaft, wherein the debriding shaft comprises at least one aperture defined by an exterior surface of the debriding shaft and an interior surface of at least one cutting member of the plurality of cutting members, and (ii) a first plurality of openings radially disposed within a proximal portion of the debriding shaft distally of the plurality of agitators, wherein the first plurality of openings is on an exterior surface of the debriding shaft within the first fluid chamber, wherein the first plurality of openings provides access to a hollow interior portion of the debriding shaft, and wherein the hollow interior portion of the debriding shaft is in further communication with the at least one aperture.