48 results about "Diabetic foot ulceration" patented technology

An orthopedic walking boot promotes rapid healing of diabetic foot ulcerations by lowering the maximum peak pressure imposed upon the foot. The walker has a hard unyielding shell which is designed for walking. The shell closely and rigidly supports a mid-sole in a foot-shaped bed. The mid-sole has a foot-shaped cavity with rounded sides adapted to form resilient support for the heel, arch and sides of a foot in addition to the bottom of a foot. A conformable inner-sole is adapted to fit over the foot-shaped cavity in the mid-sole and be compressed in response to foot pressure between the sides and bottom of the foot and the sides and bottom of the foot-shaped cavity in the mid-sole thereby compensating for small differences between the shape of the foot and the shape of the cavity. Weight applied to the foot is transferred to the walking shell by contact between the sides of the foot, arch, and heel and the arch, heel and sides of the foot-shaped cavity as well as the bottom of the cavity thereby decreasing the peak or maximum unit pressure on the plantar surface of the foot. A breathable bootie which wraps the foot and lower leg in a protective “cocoon” is preferably secured to the upper surface of the insole thereby preventing foreign materials from entering the foot cavity.

The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for measuring capacitance as an indication of susceptibility to the formation of a diabetic foot ulcer.

The present invention concerns new compositions containing hyaluronic acid or the derivatives thereof in association with the proteolytic enzyme collagenase (and relative pharmaceutical formulations) for the preparation of a dressing for topical treatment of various kinds of wounds, burns of varying depth, pressure sores, vascular ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers as well as for the treatment of hypertrophic and keloid scars.

Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems for treatment of an abnormal wound healing response. The methods, devices, and systems can be used to treat solid ulcerated tissue, such as diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), arthritic tissue, muscle soreness, joint pain, varicose veins, obesity, and peripheral artery disease. Additionally, the methods, devices, and systems can promote the healing of xenograft, allograft, autograft, or engineered tissue following reconstruction surgery. The methods, devices, and systems include the ability to determine an optimal set of pulse parameters that are specific to wound healing. In embodiments, the methods, devices, and systems include components for guiding the user on electrode placement based on anatomical or electrical measurements, delivering a custom series of electric pulses, applying heat, and using feedback from physiologic measurements to control the device.

The invention relates to an external application traditional Chinese medicine for treating diabetic foot ulceration wound surfaces. The external application traditional Chinese medicine is characterized by comprising, by weight, about 21% of calcined gypsum, about 13% of calcined oyster shell, about 13% of stalactite, about 9% of borax, about 2% of borneol, about 9% of radix angelicae, about 9% of bletilla striata, about 4% of dried alum, about 4% of frankincense, about 4% of myrrh, about 4% of indigo naturalis, about 4% of daemonorops draco and about 4% of the root of red-rooted salvia. The components are ground into powder to be externally applied to the wound surfaces. By means of the external application traditional Chinese medicine, healing of the wound surfaces of diabetic foot patients is promoted, the amputation is avoided, and the living quality of the patients is improved.

The invention discloses an injectable medical wound dressing with antibacterial function, which belongs to the field of medical biological materials. The dressing of the present invention comprises aminated hyaluronic acid, chitosan grafted with nitrosated acetylcysteine, and benzaldehyde-capped polyethylene glycol, which can cover wounds by injection, especially irregularities in deeper parts. wound, and has good self-healing properties, which can prolong its use time and reduce secondary injuries caused by changing wound dressings. The dressing has good biocompatibility and can continuously release nitric oxide in a physiological environment, thereby playing an antibacterial role, while promoting angiogenesis, and has the potential to promote the repair of difficult-to-heal wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers.