Apparatus and method for wound volume measurement
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1. A method of measuring a volume of a wound, the method comprising:
- creating a vacuum in a wound cavity so as to produce a desired level of vacuum in the wound cavity, wherein the wound cavity is created by placing a sealing drape over a wound;
measuring a volume of air extracted from said wound cavity in producing said desired level of vacuum;
measuring a leak rate and calculating a volume of said wound based at least in part on the measured volume of air and the measured leak rate, wherein calculating the volume of said wound comprises correcting the wound volume based at least in part on the measured leak rate.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring a volume of a wound are described, the method comprising the steps of: applying a dressing over a wound, the volume of which is to be measured, the dressing including at least a sealing drape over the wound so as to create a sealed wound cavity; creating a vacuum in said wound cavity by vacuum pump means so as to produce a predetermined vacuum in the wound cavity; measuring a volume of air extracted from said wound cavity in producing said predetermined vacuum; and, calculating a volume of said wound.
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1. A method of measuring a volume of a wound, the method comprising:
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creating a vacuum in a wound cavity so as to produce a desired level of vacuum in the wound cavity, wherein the wound cavity is created by placing a sealing drape over a wound; measuring a volume of air extracted from said wound cavity in producing said desired level of vacuum; measuring a leak rate and calculating a volume of said wound based at least in part on the measured volume of air and the measured leak rate, wherein calculating the volume of said wound comprises correcting the wound volume based at least in part on the measured leak rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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