Henry Bloom Noble Healthcare Trust supports TWO2 Topical Wound Oxygen

Wed, 11 Feb 2026

From left: Terry Groves, chairman Henry Bloom Noble Healthcare Trust; Samantha Cook, Aoti customer service; Ken Kinrade, vice chairman HBOT IOM, and Malcolm Clague, Trustee, Henry Bloom Noble Healthcare Trust.

The Henry Bloom Noble Healthcare Trust has supported the work of the Hyperbaric Chamber with a £45,000 donation to purchase two sets of topical wound oxygen therapy equipment known as “TWO2”.

 Many people are aware of the amazing healing powers of hyperbaric oxygen therapy which has been successfully used to accelerate the healing of various injuries and conditions such as broken bones, burns and leg ulcers and the Isle of Man is lucky enough to have its own hyperbaric chamber, provided and run by a local charity, HBOT IOM. The charity has recently completed the remodeling of its facility and installation of a new hyperbaric system and will commence operations later this year.

However, not everyone is able to use the hyperbaric chamber due to certain medical conditions and so in order to help these patients, a ‘boot’ has been developed by TWO2 which effectively delivers topical oxygen under slight pressure to the surface of a limb. 

The equipment has been in use for 15 years in America and has recently been approved for use by NHS England where patients have failed to respond to conventional treatment. It already has a good track record of rapidly relieving pain, producing impressive healing rates, and reducing recurrence in patients suffering with leg ulcers and similar conditions. 

The TWO2 equipment is simple to operate and most patients, with a little initial support, can use it themselves, in their own time and in their own home. The treatment is recommended to be carried out five times a week for 90 minutes at a time and average healing times are 12 weeks.

‘It’s about trying to keep people at home,’ said Samantha Cook from Aoti, the company which supplies the TWO2 equipment. She travels to the Island regularly to instruct patients in its use and is on hand, in person or on the phone, to support them through the treatment.

Debbie Barron, Manager of the Hyperbaric Chamber said,” We are extremely grateful to the Henry Bloom Noble Trust for making this substantial donation. The first patients began using the ‘boot’ towards the end of last year and staff at the Hyperbaric Chamber along with local healthcare workers on the Island and the patients themselves are already delighted with the results. With the consent of the patients, evidence is being compiled documenting the treatment and recovery of the leg ulcers and this already shows that not only have the ulcers healed exceptionally well but that any associated oedema has greatly reduced, allowing the patient to be much more mobile.

Former surgeon Malcolm Clague assesses all the grant applications made to the Henry Bloom Noble Trust. He said: “Chronic leg ulcers can be very disabling to elderly individuals, and the Trust is very happy to fund this new equipment as an adjunct to present regimes”.