METHOD OF TREATING INFECTED WOUNDS USING LUCILIA SERICATA MAGGOT Russian patent published in 2024 - IPC A61B17/00 A61K35/64 A61P17/02 A61N5/06 

FIELD: medicine; purulent-septic surgery.

SUBSTANCE: invention can be used in the treatment of long-term non-healing necrotic wounds of the skin and soft tissues of various etiologies. In a room with a temperature of 25°C and humidity of 50–60%, larvae are introduced into the wound at the age of 2 days with an exposure of up to 48 hours. Then the room is darkened and the temperature is lowered to 10°C. A sterile sheet of opaque paper is placed along the edge of the wound. The wound is irradiated with a beam of light from an IR lamp for 15 seconds from a distance of 50 cm. Then a beam of light from an IR lamp from a distance of 50 cm is directed onto a sheet of opaque paper.

EFFECT: method makes it possible to increase the effectiveness of treatment of infected wounds while minimizing mechanical impact, thereby minimizing the risk of pain and injury to healthy tissue inside the wound; the use of larvae during the period of greatest feeding activity and maximum permissible weight gain allows to reduce the time for cleaning the wound.

1 cl, 5 dwg, 1 ex