WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM AND WOUND DRESSING WITH PH SENSOR

• Main Authors: PETROPOULOS, Konstantinos, LOCKE, Christopher B, GENERELLI, Silvia, LONG, Justin Alexander
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 22.04.2021
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; 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; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROTHERAPY; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; RADIATION THERAPY; SURGERY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

A wound therapy system having a wound dressing for treating a wound includes a sensor that measures a pH level at a wound area. The sensor has a circuit that includes a first electrode and one or more second electrodes. The first electrode has a changeable conductivity that changes according to a hy...