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 indicating configuration of a wound dressing customized for a specific wound of a specific patient and generated after diagnosing of the specific wound of the specific patient, the wound dressing specification specifying at least (i) wound identification indicating the specific wound and the specific patient, (ii) a shape and dimension of the wound dressing, and (iii) fluid information indicating fluid applied to one or more layers in the wound dressing before applying the wound dressing to the specific wound;
in response to receiving the wound dressing specification for the specific wound of the specific patient, fabricating a first wound dressing by a first automatic wound dressing fabrication device by at least adding the fluid to the first wound dressing according to the fluid information; and
causing the first wound dressing to be delivered to a predetermined location where the first wound dressing is applied to the specific wound of the specific patient.
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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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44 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 indicating configuration of a wound dressing customized for a specific wound of a specific patient and generated after diagnosing of the specific wound of the specific patient, the wound dressing specification specifying at least (i) wound identification indicating the specific wound and the specific patient, (ii) a shape and dimension of the wound dressing, and (iii) fluid information indicating fluid applied to one or more layers in the wound dressing before applying the wound dressing to the specific wound; in response to receiving the wound dressing specification for the specific wound of the specific patient, fabricating a first wound dressing by a first automatic wound dressing fabrication device by at least adding the fluid to the first wound dressing according to the fluid information; and causing the first wound dressing to be delivered to a predetermined location where the first wound dressing is applied to the specific wound of the specific patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. 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 premise after diagnosing the specific wound of the specific patient; generating, at a computing device, a wound dressing specification based on the wound characteristics at the wound treatment premise, the wound dressing specification indicating configuration of a wound dressing customized for the specific wound of the specific patient, the wound dressing specification specifying at least (i) wound identification indicating the wound and the patient, (ii) a shape and dimension of the wound dressing, and (iii) fluid information indicating fluid applied to one or more layers in the wound dressing before applying the wound dressing to the specific wound; and sending the wound dressing specification for the specific wound of the specific patient to a first automatic wound dressing fabrication device located remotely from the wound treatment premise for fabrication of a first customized wound dressing by at least adding fluid to the first customized wound dressing according to the fluid information. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A wound treatment premise, comprising:
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a wound dressing parameter generating device adapted to generate a wound dressing specification indicating configuration of a wound dressing customized for a specific wound of a specific patient responsive to receiving inputs representing wound characteristics of the specific wound of the specific patient after diagnosing of the specific wound of the specific patient, the wound dressing specification specifying at least (i) wound identification indicating the specific wound and the specific patient, (ii) a shape and dimension of the wound dressing and (iii) fluid information indicating fluid applied to one or more layers in the wound dressing before applying the wound dressing to the specific wound, the wound dressing parameter generating device further adapted to send the wound dressing specification to a first automatic wound dressing fabrication device located remotely from the wound treatment premise; and a second automatic wound dressing fabrication device adapted to receive the wound dressing specification for the specific wound of the specific patient and fabricate the wound dressing according to the wound dressing specification by at least adding fluid to the wound dressing according to the fluid information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A wound dressing dispenser facility, comprising:
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an automatic wound dressing fabrication device adapted to fabricate a wound dressing customized for a specific wound of a specific patient responsive to receiving a wound dressing specification indicating configuration of a wound dressing generated after diagnosing the specific wound of the specific patient from a wound dressing parameter generating device located remotely from the automatic wound dressing fabrication device, the wound dressing specification specifying at least (i) wound identification indicating the specific wound and the specific patient, (ii) a shape and dimension of the wound dressing, and (iii) fluid information indicating fluid applied to one or more layers in the wound dressing before applying the wound dressing to the specific wound; and a distribution facility adapted to cause deliver of the fabricated wound dressing to a predetermined location where the fabricated wound dressing is applied to the specific wound of the specific patient. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A non-transitory 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 specific wound of a specific patient after diagnosing the specific wound of the specific patient; generate a wound dressing specification indicating configuration of a wound dressing customized for the specific wound of the specific patient by an algorithm analyzing the inputs, the wound dressing specification specifying at least (i) wound identification indicating the patient and the wound, (ii) a shape and dimension of the wound dressing, and (ii) fluid information indicating fluid applied to one or more layers in the wound dressing before applying the wound dressing to the wound; and send the wound dressing specification for the specific wound of the specific patient to an automatic wound dressing fabrication device remotely located from the processor. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system for providing wound treatment service to a patient comprising:
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a wound treatment premise including an wound dressing parameter generating device adapted for generating a wound dressing specification indicating configuration of a wound dressing customized for a specific wound of a specific person responsive to receiving inputs representing characteristics of the specific wound of the specific patient after diagnosing the specific wound of the specific patient, the wound dressing specification specifying at least (i) wound identification indicating the specific wound and the specific patient, (ii) a shape and dimension of the wound dressing, and (ii) fluid information indicating fluid applied to one or more layers in the wound dressing before applying the wound dressing to the specific wound; and a wound dressing dispenser adapted to fabricate the customized wound dressing by an automatic wound dressing fabrication device responsive to receiving the wound dressing specification for the specific wound of the specific patient from the wound treatment premise, the automatic wound dressing fabrication device adapted to fabricate the customized wound dressing by at least adding the fluid to the customized wound dressing according to the fluid information, the wound dressing dispenser further causing delivery of the fabricated wound dressing to a predetermined location. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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