Topical Oxygen Wound Therapy
Patients and Wound Healing
Patients can be very vulnerable to the development of chronic wounds from a variety of reasons in the medical setting that can include elective surgery, burns, arterial ulcers, pressure ulcers, venous ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers. Many times patients have recurring infection in chronic wounds even after months of being treated with antibiotics, antimicrobial dressings, and negative wound therapy.
The Role of Oxygen in Wound Healing
In chronic wounds, oxygen plays a vital role in the wound completely healing and not reoccurring. If there is insufficient available oxygen in a wound hypoxia occurs and is a major reason why chronic wounds do not heal fully.
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Comfortheal O2 Topical Oxygen Therapy is a safe, non-invasive therapy that addresses this hypoxia and lack of oxygen that cause chronic wounds not to heal.
ComfortHeal O2 Topical Oxygen system is specially designed extremity and torso chamber units that allow constant/pressured oxygen to be delivered to various wounds. The chamber is placed around a patients effected region and enables a greater amount of oxygen diffusion into wounds and enhances multiple molecular and enzymatic functions.¹ ²
Comfortheal O2 chambers is available with an extremity chamber that can be applied to legs and arms or a multi-patch system that can be applied anywhere on the body.
Extremity Chamber
– Shown with oxygen concentrator unit. Can be used with any unit provided it meets constant pressure spec.
Torso Unit
– Designed for treatments on the torso such as pressure ulcers and coccyx.
Topical Oxygen Wound Therapy Features
Oxygen
– Constant O2 pressure of 5mbar providing tissue diffusion which is key to normal wound metabolism and reverse hypoxia.
Humidification
– A moisture mist assists in creating an ideal level of humidity for optimum wound healing.
Compression & Dressing Compatibility
– Fully compatible with all gas permeable dressings & conventional compression dressing/devices.
Non-Invasive Safe Therapy
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Topical Wound Oxygen Therapy can be easily applied in facility and at patients home.
75% Wound Closure Rate
High closure rate on various wounds at different stages.
New Tissue Generation
Increases growth factors.
Cost Savings
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Reduces healing times and reoccurring wounds.
References:
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1. 46 Fries RB, Wallace WA, Roy S, et al. Dermal excisional wound healing in pigs following treatment with topically applied pure oxygen. Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis 2005; 579(1-2):172–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2005.02.023
2. Ladizinsky D, Roe D. New insights into oxygen therapy for wound healing. Wounds 2010; 22(12):294–300.
3. Use of Topical Hyperbaric Oxygen for Treatment of Chronic Wounds in Long Term Care Facilities; Edsberg LE, Brogan MS, Jaynes CD, Fries K.
Natural and Health Sciences Research Center, Daemen College: Ostomy Wound Management, April 2003
4. Topical oxygen as an adjunct to wound healing: a clinical case series Loree K. Kalliainen, Gayle M. Gordillo, Richard Schlanger, Chandan K. Sen *Department of Surgery, 512 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute. The Ohio State University Medical Center, 473 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210. USA, Received 29 October 2002; accepted 4 November 2002