- Patent Title: Device, apparatus and method of determining skin perfusion pressure
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Application No.: US17275594Application Date: 2019-09-11
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Publication No.: US11944418B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt , Peter Georg Laitenberger , Lee Ian Partington , Marcus Damian Phillips , Felix Clarence Quintanar
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew PLC
- Applicant Address: GB Watford
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
- Current Assignee Address: GB Watford
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Priority: GB 14814 2018.09.12 GB 14872 2018.09.13
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/074254 2019.09.11
- International Announcement: WO2020/053290A 2020.03.19
- Date entered country: 2021-03-11
- Main IPC: A61B5/026
- IPC: A61B5/026 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B5/022 ; A61B5/0265

Abstract:
Disclosed embodiments relate to apparatuses and methods for a skin perfusion pressure determination device. In some embodiments, a skin perfusion pressure determination device can include a sensor module including a first sensor for sensing a first parameter associated with a pressure exerted on a target area by the sensor module and a second sensor for sensing a second parameter associated with an amount of blood perfusion at the target area, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are arranged such that, when the sensor module is pressed against the target area the first sensor produces an output corresponding to the sensed first parameter and the second sensor produces an output corresponding to the sensed second parameter, a proximal end assembly configured to contact the target area, a display to provide feedback of the pressure exerted on a target area and/or the amount of blood perfusion at the target area, and a communication device for providing data transfer from the skin perfusion pressure determination device to a control unit.
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