Integrated system for assessing wound exudates
First Claim
1. A system for assessing wound exudate from a wound of a patient, said system comprising:
- a wound treatment device;
a wound drain line having an interior for passage of the wound exudate, the interior comprising an obstruction to disturb exudate flow within a main flow wound drain line;
a first sensor or detector, and a second sensor or detector to detect or sense one or more values of one or more physiological parameters of the wound exudate, wherein the obstruction is positioned between the first sensor or detector and the second sensor or detector; and
a processor to convert the one or more values into one or more vectors and analyze the one or more vectors so as to obtain an assessment of the wound exudate and provide a treatment guideline based on the assessment.
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Abstract
An integrated system for assessing wound exudates from the wound of a patient is described. The system may contain functionality to detect, process and report various wound parameters. The system also may make treatment determinations based on these findings. The system may detect one or more physiological values of the wound exudates from the wound of the patient. The system may means for comparing the one or more detected physiological values to predetermined physiological values in order to obtain a comparison result in real time. The system may include a processor 15 which provides an electronic signal based on a comparison result in which the electronic signal may correspond to guidelines for treating the wound 13. The system may be integrated with other wound treatment devices, such as negative pressure wound therapy devices (NPWT) 9.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for assessing wound exudate from a wound of a patient, said system comprising:
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a wound treatment device; a wound drain line having an interior for passage of the wound exudate, the interior comprising an obstruction to disturb exudate flow within a main flow wound drain line; a first sensor or detector, and a second sensor or detector to detect or sense one or more values of one or more physiological parameters of the wound exudate, wherein the obstruction is positioned between the first sensor or detector and the second sensor or detector; and a processor to convert the one or more values into one or more vectors and analyze the one or more vectors so as to obtain an assessment of the wound exudate and provide a treatment guideline based on the assessment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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7. A system for assessing wound exudate from a wound of a patient, said system comprising:
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a wound treatment device; a wound drain line having an interior for passage of the wound exudate, wherein the interior of the wound drain line comprises a tube arranged in a tortuous path; a sensor or detector for sensing or detecting one or more values of one or more physiological parameters of the wound exudate; and a processor for (a) analyzing the values of the one or more physiological parameters so as to obtain an assessment of the wound exudate; and (b) providing a treatment guideline based on the assessment; wherein the wound treatment device, the sensor or detector, and the processor are integrated. - View Dependent Claims (8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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