US 11,980,383 B2
Wound-care apparatus and method for cleansing, desloughing, and debriding wounds
Wade P. Farrow, Charlotte, NC (US); Adrian Slattery, Rocky River, OH (US); and Douglas R. Halley, Westlake, OH (US)
Assigned to Farrow Medtech LLC, College Station, TX (US)
Filed by FARROW CONSULTING LLC, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/133,212.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/953,441, filed on Dec. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0186552 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/320068 (2013.01) [A61B 2017/320008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320078 (2017.08); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of treating a wound, the method comprising:
obtaining a wound-care device comprising
a handle having a first end and a second end opposite the first end,
a disposable sleeve covering the handle and the first end thereof,
a head secured to the first end of the handle and extending away from the first end of the handle, and
the head comprising
a frame,
a first aperture formed in the frame and receiving therewithin the first end covered by the disposable sleeve such that a portion of the disposable sleeve is positioned between an interior surface of the first aperture and an exterior surface of the first end,
a base having a front side and a back side, and
a plurality of projections extending away from the base; and
disturbing a wound bed of a patient by placing one or more projections of the plurality of projections in contact with the wound bed and moving, while the one or more projections are in contact with the wound bed, the wound-care device with respect to the wound bed.