APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULATIVELY MEASURING ENVIRONMENT OF WOUND DRESSING ON SKIN INCLUDING A PUMP

Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring the environment in a micro-space between the human skin and a wound coating material and a measurement method therefor. The apparatus comprises a thermo-hygrostat chamber (14) for controlling the exterior environment, a heat exchanger (12), a thermostat water tank (10) and a pump (11) for supplying warm water, and an easily detachable container (1) located in the heat exchanger. The container has a water-retaining member (2) stored therein and the top opening thereof is covered with a vapor diffusion-controlling member (4). A micro-space (6) formed between the vapor diffusion-controlling member and a wound coating material (5) placed thereon corresponds to a simulationally recreated space between the human body and the wound coating material. A thin-model thermo-hygrometer (7) is provided in this micro-space and the temperature and humidity are measured with the passage of time. By a plurality of containers, a plurality of kinds of wound coating materials can be measured at the same time.