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A wound treatment system including a treatment chamber, a source of an aqueous antibiotic, a source of an oxygen-enriched gas, and a control system adapted to alternately surround a human limb with antibiotic mist and the oxygen enriched gas, which can be used to heal lesions such as foot ulcers. A

A wound treatment system including a treatment chamber, a source of an aqueous antibiotic, a source of an oxygen-enriched gas, and a control system adapted to alternately surround a human limb with antibiotic mist and the oxygen enriched gas, which can be used to heal lesions such as foot ulcers. A method of treating lesions such as foot ulcers is also disclosed, that includes bathing the lesion in antibiotic mist and contacting it with oxygen gas.

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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 O2-enriched gas without in

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 O2-enriched gas without increasing the pressure around the limb to 22 mm Hg. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wound is a chronic lesion. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the wound is a post-surgical infection, a gangrenous lesion, a decubitus ulcer, or a venous stasis. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the wound is a skin ulceration due to amputation, skin graft, burn, or frostbite. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the limb is a foot. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the limb is a leg. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the antibiotic is a topical antibiotic. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the antibiotic is selected from betadine, isopropyl alcohol, bacitracin, and hydrogen peroxide, and combinations thereof. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the antibiotic is ionic silver. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the O2-enriched gas displaces the mist. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the O2-enriched gas is substantially pure O2. 12. The method of claim 1 further comprising repeating the treatment periodically until the foot ulcer is healed. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) is performed for about 2 to about 30 minutes. 14. The method of claim 12, wherein step (b) is performed for approximately 15 minutes. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein step (c) is performed for about one minute to about 15 minutes. 16. The method of claim 14, wherein step (c) is performed for approximately 5 minutes. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the mist is an adiabatic mist. 18. The method of claim 1, wherein steps (b) and (c) are performed sequentially multiple times in a single treatment. 19. The method of claim 17, wherein steps (b) and (c) are performed 4 times, the single treatment lasting approximately 80 minutes. 20. The method of claim 1 further comprising massaging the limb with low frequency sound waves or heating the limb with pulsed light. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein steps (b) and (c) are performed simultaneously multiple times in a single treatment.