Wound cleansing apparatus with actives

Abstract From the Canadian patent

An apparatus for cleansing and applying therapy or prophylaxis to wounds in , which irrigant fluid containing a physiologically active material from a reservoir connected to a conformable wound dressing and wound exudate from the dressing are recirculated by a device for moving fluid through a flow path which passes through the dressing and a means for fluid cleansing and back to the dressing. The cleansing means (which may be a single-phase e.g. , microfiltration, system or a two-phase e.g. dialytic system) removes , materials deleterious to wound healing and the cleansed fluid, still , containing materials that are beneficial in promoting wound healing is , returned to the wound bed. …