METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A WOUND DRESSINGS

• Main Authors: DUESTERHOFT, Paul, SCHUBERT, Elizabeth, L, DYKSTRA, Nicholas, LEUTHARDT, Eric, C, KARE, Jordin, T, WOOD, JR., Lowell, L, HAWKINS, Daniel, TEGREENE, Clarence, T, HYDE, Roderick, A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 14.08.2019
• Subjects: BLASTING; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DIAGNOSIS; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENTMACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENTPUMPS; SURGERY; WEAPONS

Computational systems and methods for reporting information regarding appurtenances to wound dressings are described. A system can include an appurtenance to a wound dressing, including a substrate, a transmission unit, a selectively activated switch, and a projection of a size and shape to extend into an interior region of a wound dressing and configured to sample a fluid associated with a wound; a local unit, including a receiver configured to receive signals from the transmission unit, a transmitter configured to send signals to the transmission unit, a processor, non-volatile memory, and a power source; and a central assembly, including a processor, a receiver configured to receive signals from the local unit, and at least one user interface.