Medical treatment system and method of use

Abstract

A medical treatment system including a treatment chamber, a source of an aqueous mist containing a medication, a source of an oxygen-enriched gas, and a control system adapted to alternately surround a human body part with a mist containing a medication and the oxygen enriched gas, which can be used to treat various skin disorders including infected lesions, bacterial infections such as acne (i.e. Propionibacterium acnes), fungal infections such as Athlete's foot (i.e. fungal genus Trichophyton), conditions associated with hair loss including alopecia as well as ulcerations and frostbite resulting from poor circulation. A method of treating skin disorders is also disclosed, that includes providing a mist containing a medication and enriched oxygen gas to the site being treated as well as providing oxygen to the patient during treatment.

1 . A method for treating a wound, comprising: (a) introducing a human limb having a wound into a treatment chamber; (b) surrounding the limb in the treatment chamber with a mist containing water and an antibiotic; and (c) surrounding the limb in the treatment chamber with an 0.sub.2-enriched gas without increasing the pressure around the foot to 22 mm Hg. 
     
     
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