Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sensor positioning and optical sensing for sensor enabled wound therapy dressings and systems
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Application No.: US16651063Application Date: 2018-09-24
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Publication No.: US11957545B2Publication Date: 2024-04-16
- Inventor: Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt , Marcus Damian Phillips
- 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 18859 2017.11.15
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/075815 2018.09.24
- International Announcement: WO2019/063488A 2019.04.04
- Date entered country: 2020-03-26
- Main IPC: A61F13/00
- IPC: A61F13/00 ; A61F13/02 ; A61F13/0246 ; A61M1/00

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a wound monitoring and/or therapy apparatus can include a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound. The wound dressing can support one or more sensors. The one or more sensors can include an optical sensor array cluster, which can include an optical sensor and single light source. In some embodiments, the wound dressing can include a substantially stretchable wound contact layer that includes a wound facing side and a non-wound facing side opposite the wound facing side, the wound facing side configured to be positioned in contact with a wound. The non-wound facing side of the wound contact layer can support a plurality of electronic components and a plurality of electronic connections that connect at least some of the plurality of the electronic components. The electronic components can include one or more sensors configured to obtain measurements of the wound or the periwound, or both.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200261629A1 SENSOR POSITIONING AND OPTICAL SENSING FOR SENSOR ENABLED WOUND THERAPY DRESSINGS AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2020-08-20
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