DORMANT TO ACTIVE APPURTENANCES FOR REPORTING INFORMATION REGARDING WOUND DRESSINGS

• Main Authors: DYKSTRA NICHOLAS, LEUTHARDT ERIC C, WOOD, JR. LOWELL L, DUESTERHOFT PAUL, KUIPER MARK K, HAWKINS DANIEL, HYDE RODERICK A, SCHUBERT ELIZABETH L, PETERSON NELS R, KARE JORDIN T, TEGREENE CLARENCE T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.07.2015
• Subjects: DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; SURGERY

Appurtenances to wound dressings can include: a substrate configured to attach to a wound dressing; a fluid-activated voltaic cell attached to the substrate; a transmission unit attached to a surface of the substrate, the transmission unit including circuitry and at least one antenna, the transmissi...