In an embodiment of the present invention, a wound treatment device (10) caninclude a rigidhousing (13) having a housing wall (13a) with a first end and (12) a secondend (14) forminga chamber therebetween. The device (10) can further include an inflatable cuff(22)releasably coupled to the housing wall (13a) at the first end (12). Thehousing wall (13a) caninclude a sidewall having an opening (16), a cover (46) for closing theopening (16), and aclamp (48) for releasably fastening the cover (46) to the sidewall surroundingthe opening(16).
