Wound oxygen supply system
AssigneeElectrochemical Oxygen Concepts, Inc.
InventorsMark Q. Niederauer, James P. Daley, Joseph J. Moffett
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Abstract
A wound oxygen supply system includes a chassis that defines an oxygen outlet. an oxygen production subsystem is included in the chassis and coupled to the oxygen outlet. A control subsystem is coupled to the oxygen production subsystem and configured to receive humidity information that is indicative of a humidity experienced by the oxygen production subsystem. The control system then uses the humidity information to control power provided to the oxygen production subsystem in order to control an oxygen flow that is created by the oxygen production subsystem and provided through the oxygen outlet to a restricted airflow enclosure adjacent a wound site.
Claims20
A wound oxygen supply system, comprising:
- a chassis that defines an oxygen outlet;
- an oxygen production subsystem that is included in the chassis and coupled to the oxygen outlet;
- and
- a control subsystem that is coupled to the oxygen production subsystem and that includes an oxygen production control database that includes oxygen production control data that associates, for each of a plurality of different power amounts, oxygen outputs of the oxygen production subsystem over a range of different humidity levels, wherein the control subsystem is configured to:
- receive humidity information that is indicative of a humidity experienced by the oxygen production subsystem;
- retrieve, from the oxygen production control database using the humidity information, first oxygen production control data that includes a power amount that is configured to cause the oxygen production subsystem to produce a desired oxygen output;
- and
- cause the power amount to be provided to the oxygen production subsystem in order to cause the oxygen production subsystem to produce the desired oxygen output that is provided through the oxygen outlet to a restricted airflow enclosure.
A method for supplying oxygen to a wound, comprising:
- receiving, by a control subsystem from a humidity sensor, humidity information that is indicative of a humidity experienced by an oxygen production subsystem that is coupled to a restricted airflow enclosure;
- accessing, by the control subsystem, an oxygen production control database that is included in the control subsystem and that includes oxygen production control data that associates, for each of a plurality of different power amounts, oxygen outputs of the oxygen production subsystem over a range of different humidity levels;
- retrieving, by the control subsystem from the oxygen production control database using the humidity information, first oxygen production control data that includes a power amount that is configured to cause the oxygen production subsystem to produce a desired oxygen output;
- causing, by the control subsystem, the power amount to be provided to the oxygen production subsystem;
- and
- creating, by the oxygen production subsystem using the power amount, the desired oxygen output such that oxygen is provided to the restricted airflow enclosure.
A wound oxygen supply system, comprising:
- a processing system;
- and
- a memory system that is coupled to the processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations including:
- receiving humidity information that is indicative of a humidity experienced by an oxygen production subsystem;
- accessing an oxygen production control database that includes oxygen production control data that associates, for each of a plurality of different power amounts, oxygen outputs of the oxygen production subsystem over a range of different humidity levels;
- retrieving, from the oxygen production control database using the humidity information, first oxygen production control data that includes a power amount that is configured to cause the oxygen production subsystem to produce a desired oxygen output;
- and
- causing the power amount to be provided to the oxygen production subsystem in order to cause the oxygen production subsystem to produce the desired oxygen output that is provided to a restricted airflow enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.