Patent ID: 8357115

Claim:
A method of decontaminating a wound surface, the method comprising the steps of: advancing sterile saline through a mixing chamber at a point of patient care, advancing a sterile, biocompatible cleansing solution into the mixing chamber at the point of patient care, mixing the sterile saline and the sterile, biocompatible cleansing solution within the mixing chamber to create a sterile saline/cleansing solution mixture, advancing the sterile saline/cleansing solution mixture from the mixing chamber through a diffuser, and spraying a wound surface with the sterile saline/cleansing solution mixture, wherein advancing the sterile saline includes (i) advancing the sterile saline around a valve member to divert a flow of the sterile saline outwardly around the valve member, and (ii) moving the valve member from a closed position in which the sterile, biocompatible cleansing solution is prevented from advancing into the mixing chamber to an opened position in which the sterile saline and the sterile, biocompatible cleansing solution are permitted to advance into the mixing chamber.