INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING WOUND EXUDATES

• US 20140058344A1
• Filed: 12/07/2011
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Convatec Incorporated (ConvaTec Group Plc)
• Original Assignee: Convatec Incorporated (ConvaTec Group Plc)
• Inventors: Toth, Landy Aaron
• Granted Patent: US 10,207,031 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/319
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14539 for measuring pH
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14557 specially adapted to extracorporeal circuits
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/412 Detecting or monitoring sepsis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/445 Evaluating skin irritation or skin trauma, e.g. rash, eczema, wound, bed sore
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4836 Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods A61B5/0036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7235 Details of waveform analysis A61B5/349 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/73 comprising sensors or indicators for physical values
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/74 Suction control underwater drainage A61M1/61
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/95 with sensors for exudate composition
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/96 Suction control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3331 Pressure; Flow
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3389 Continuous level detection A61M2205/3393 takes precedence

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.

Claims

1. A system for assessing wound exudate from a wound of a patient, said system comprising:

a wound treatment device;

detecting means for detecting one or more values of one or more physiological parameters of the wound exudate;

analyzing means for analyzing the values of the one or more physiological parameters so as to obtain an assessment of the wound exudate; and

providing means for providing a treatment guideline based on the assessment; and

in which the wound treatment device, the detecting means, the analyzing means, and the providing means are integrated.

2. The system of claim 1, in which the wound treatment device is a negative wound pressure therapy device.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising controlling means for controlling the negative pressure wound therapy device using the treatment guideline.

4. The system of claim 1, in which the wound treatment device is a dressing or a bandage.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising integrating means.

6. The system of claim 5, in which the integrating means in the dressing or bandage includes an electrical trace.

7. The system of claim 1, in which the providing means is operable to transmit the treatment guideline to an external device located remotely from the system.

8. The system of claim 1, in which the values of the one or more physiological parameters include luminosity values.

9. The system of claim 1, in which the values of the one or more physiological parameters include tone values.

10. The system of claim 1, in which the detecting means, the analyzing means and the providing means are arranged to be isolated from the wound exudate.

11. A system for assessing wound exudate from a wound of a patient, said system comprising:

a wound treatment device;

sensors or detectors to detect or sense one or more values of one or more physiological parameters of the wound exudate;

a processor to analyze the values of the one or more physiological parameters so as to obtain an assessment of the wound exudate and provide a treatment guideline based on the assessment; and

in which the wound treatment device, the sensors or detectors, and the processor are integrated.