Abstract: A handpiece for cleansing wounds with a fluid jet includes a main body, which has a front end with an emergence opening for the emergence of the fluid jet, wherein a porous body is present on the front end, which porous body surrounds the emergence opening and protrudes beyond the latter in the direction of the fluid jet outlet and forms a space through which the fluid jet can pass unimpeded. The handpiece according to the invention combines the advantages of cleansing by a fluid jet with the advantages of mechanical cleansing and, at the same time, provides effective protection against aerosols.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a handpiece for spraying on a fluid jet with a handpiece casing in which a nozzle element for forming the jet geometry of the fluid jet is accommodated. The present invention is based on the object of specifying a handpiece for spraying on a fluid jet which can be produced in a more simple and inexpensive manner, and proposes to satisfy the object in that a nozzle element be fixedly connected to an integrally formed nozzle holder which sealingly abuts against the outer circumferential surface of the nozzle element and is fixed relative to the handpiece casing.

Abstract: A method of emitting a water jet includes emitting a water pressure between 50 and 200 bar through a nozzle element that has a cylindrical nozzle body forming a flow passage for the water jet, and at least one nozzle opening emitting a jet stream to the surrounding area whose smallest dimension is not more than 0.15 mm, and wherein a fan jet is created on the surface to be treated at a working distance of about 80 mm between the nozzle opening and the surface to be treated. A handpiece is disclosed that includes a nozzle element that may be accommodated in the handpiece and may, in part, provide for emitting a water jet as disclosed.

Abstract: A pump module with a casing having at least one pump piston is mounted in a reciprocatingly movable manner and may include a sealing element which, in pumping operation, abuts in a sealing manner against a cylinder. An embodiment of a pump module, which is easy to produce and can be disinfected or sterilized in a simple manner, includes a pump piston that can be fixated in a parking position in which the sealing element does not abut against the cylinder.

Abstract: A protective cover for the protection against contamination from body and/or irrigation fluid during treatment of wounds/ulcers includes a first opening to be placed on a patient and a second opening for inserting a handpiece. The protective cover includes a fluid-tight and flexible hollow body that defines a treatment chamber having a shape that adapts to motion of a handpiece. The hollow body may include a stiffening element for keeping the first opening in an open state during treatment. Additionally, a device for the irrigation of wounds or ulcers, such as for debriding dead body tissue by way of a micro water jet, may include a hand-operated lance with a nozzle for producing an irrigation fluid jet, such as a micro water jet. The lance may be inserted through the second opening of the protective cover so that the nozzle is located within the treatment chamber of the protective cover.

Abstract: A pump module and a device for producing a fluid jet with a pump module are disclosed. In an embodiment the pump module may include a pump housing in which at least one pump piston is mounted in a reciprocatingly movable manner and is provided with at least one sealing element which during a pumping operation interacts with a cylinder. For creating such a pump module producible in a simple manner and nevertheless exhibiting the functionality necessary for the pumping operation, embodiments disclose a valve block, which receives at least one valve associated with the cylinder, wherein the cylinder is sealed against the valve block. Furthermore, a cover element may abut against the valve block on a side opposite to the cylinder and between itself and the valve block forms an inlet passage leading to the cylinder and/or an outlet passage communicating with the cylinder.

Abstract: A system for treating, in particular cleansing, wounds with a fluid jet. The system includes a handpiece with a main body with a front end with an emergence opening for the emergence of the fluid jet. The system furthermore has at least one light-emitting light source, which irradiates aerosols created when cleansing the wound. The system enables wound cleansing with simultaneous decontamination of the aerosols created in the process such that the risk of contamination of the surroundings is reduced and preferably with simultaneously treating the wound with UV light.

Abstract: A device for producing a fluid jet suitable for hygienic requirements in mechanical wound cleaning, including removal of biological tissue, may include a drive casing with a drive and a pump module with a pump casing which can be detachably joined. The drive casing may include a positive-locking element and the pump casing may include a positive-locking counter-element. The positive-locking element may interact with the positive-locking counter-element so that the pump casing is imposed a pivotal motion relative to the drive casing until reaching a final position. In final position the pump casing may be connected to the drive casing and a drive element may be connected to an associated drive counter-element. Drive element and drive counter-element may be arranged eccentric to a pivot axis of the pivotal motion and may be formed so a positive-locking connection arises between the drive element and drive counter-element due to the pivotal motion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable nozzle for inserting into a hand piece for treating and cleaning wounds by means of a highly focused high-pressure micro water jet. The disposable nozzle comprises a cylindrical nozzle body having a centrally traversing orifice body duct, which is laterally closed, as well as a cylindrical orifice with a centrally traversing orifice duct. The orifice is disposed in a recess that is centrally arranged in the frontal terminal region of the nozzle body at the front side in such a manner that both ducts adjoin to each other in a coaxial manner. An O-ring is disposed in the recess between the nozzle body and the orifice in a clamping manner, wherein the O-ring centrally retains the orifice in the nozzle body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fluid jet device for producing a liquid used to remove, in particular, biological tissue. The fluid jet device comprises housing in which a pump set is arranged for producing high liquid pressure within a range of up to 800 bars. A pressure supplying source and the nozzle which produces the liquid jet can be connected to the pump set, the nozzle being connected by a flexible connecting line. The hole diameter of the nozzle outlet measures between 20 to 120 micrometers. The weight of the housing with the pump set and the separate pressure supplying source for the pump set respectively is such that they are especially suitable for mobile use and can therefore respectively be carried by hand.