My Wound Vac
After the Wake doctors decided to open my wound and probe around, they opted to treat the healing in a very special method. They used a wound vac which was invented right here at Wake Forest University in 1990. It covers the wound with a special foam, is then sealed over the whole area, and then plugged with a hose to a vacuum pump. Turned on, the foam is sucked down to the wound. The bad drainage from the wound is then pulled through the foam into an entrapment case along the pump. The good cells are held at the wound to assist healing. Thus prompting healing more from the bottom of the wound to the surface. And all quicker than normal.The wound vac has been very successfully used in many applications of healing. It is even very popular with the military with bullet wounds. The Winston-Salem Journal even happened to have highlighted the use of the invention in a unique application for an endangered Komodo dragon in Singapore this week. You can check the article by clicking here.
The device is marketed by KCI. Some of their marketing information can be accessed by clicking here.
Wake Forest has profited well from the patents for the invention of the device in 1990. Some of the information from Wake can be found by clicking here.
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