Wound Care Treatment Service Using Automatic Wound Dressing Fabricator
First Claim
1. A method of providing a customized wound dressing, comprising:
- receiving from a remote device a wound dressing specification representing configuration of a wound dressing customized for a specific wound of a specific patient;
fabricating a first wound dressing by a first automatic wound dressing fabricator based on the wound dressing specification; and
delivering the first wound dressing to a predetermined location from which the patient can access the first wound dressing.
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Abstract
A method and/or system allowing patients to receive consistent, effective and convenient reliable wound care by applying customized wound dressings fabricated at automatic wound dressing fabricators deployed in medical facilities. Wound dressing specifications are generated with the aid of a computer-based configuration algorithm based on characteristics of the wounds. The generated wound dressing specifications are communicated between the medical facilities to provide consistent and reliable wound dressings without duplicative diagnosis of the wound. Further, telemedicine for wound care may be implemented by communicating the wound dressing specifications to automatic wound dressing fabricators that are remotely located.
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45 Claims
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1. A method of providing a customized wound dressing, comprising:
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receiving from a remote device a wound dressing specification representing configuration of a wound dressing customized for a specific wound of a specific patient; fabricating a first wound dressing by a first automatic wound dressing fabricator based on the wound dressing specification; and delivering the first wound dressing to a predetermined location from which the patient can access the first wound dressing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing wound treatment service, comprising:
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receiving wound characteristics of a specific wound of a specific patient at a wound treatment facility; generating a wound dressing specification based on the wound characteristics at the wound treatment facility, the wound dressing specification representing configuration of a wound dressing customized for the specific wound of the specific patient; and sending the wound dressing specification to a first automatic wound dressing fabricator located remotely from the wound treatment facility for fabrication of a first customized wound dressing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A wound treatment facility, comprising:
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a wound dressing parameter generator adapted to generate a wound dressing specification representing configuration of a wound dressing customized for a wound of a patient responsive to receiving inputs representing wound characteristics of a wound of a patient, the wound dressing parameter generator further adapted to send the wound dressing specification to a first automatic wound dressing fabricator located remotely from the wound treatment facility; and a second automatic wound dressing fabricator adapted to receive the wound dressing specification and fabricate the wound dressing according to the wound dressing specification. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A wound dressing dispenser facility, comprising:
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an automatic wound dressing fabricator adapted to fabricate a wound dressing customized for a specific wound of a specific patient responsive to receiving a wound dressing specification representing configuration of a wound dressing from a wound dressing parameter generator located remotely from the automatic wound dressing fabricator; and a distribution facility adapted to deliver the fabricated wound dressing to a predetermined location from which the patient can access the first wound dressing. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 38)
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35. A computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon, the instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
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receive inputs associated with characteristics of a wound of a patient; generate a wound dressing specification representing configuration of a wound dressing customized for the wound of the patient by an algorithm analyzing the inputs; and send the wound dressing specification to an automatic wound dressing fabricator remotely located from the processor. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 39, 40)
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41. A system for providing wound treatment service to a patient comprising:
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a wound treatment facility including an wound dressing parameter generator adapted for generating a wound dressing specification responsive to receiving inputs representing characteristics of a specific wound of a specific patient; and a wound dressing dispenser adapted to fabricate a customized wound dressing for the patient by an automatic wound dressing fabricator responsive to receiving the wound dressing specification from the wound treatment facility, the wound dressing dispenser delivering the fabricated wound dressing to a predetermined location. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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