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US 11,229,553 B2Granted
Dressing apparatus and methods for facilitating healing
AssigneeSynaptive Medical Inc.
InventorsSean Jy-Shyang Chen, Alison-Jean Kramer, Gal Sela
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Abstract
A dressing apparatus and methods for facilitating healing, the apparatus and methods involving a dressing member, an electromagnetically conductive element mechanically coupled with the dressing member, and a primary RFID device configured to transmit at least one output signal to the electromagnetically conductive element, to receive at least one return signal from the electromagnetically conductive element, and to provide an alert if the at least one return signal has a strength corresponding to at least approximately a threshold amount of fluid present in the dressing member, whereby healing is facilitated.
Claims17
A dressing apparatus for facilitating healing, comprising:
- a dressing member having an effective area;
- an electromagnetically conductive element mechanically coupled with the dressing member, the electrically conductive element comprising a conductive thread and an extended antenna, the extended antenna embedded in the dressing member, and the electrically conductive element, via the conductive thread, configured to sense a plurality of parameters comprising pressure information and moisture information in the effective area;
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- a primary RFID device coupling a primary severed antenna with the electromagnetically conductive element, the primary RFID device configured to transmit at least one output signal to the electromagnetically conductive element, to receive at least one return signal from the electromagnetically conductive element, and to provide an alert, via the primary severed antenna, if the at least one return signal has a strength corresponding to at least approximately a threshold amount of fluid present in the dressing member, the primary RFID device configured to receive at least one return signal from the electromagnetically conductive element that is variable in relation to an ionic content of a wound discharge relative to an ionic content of water alone, the primary RFID device configured to sense changes in dampness of the dressing member in the effective area via the electromagnetically conductive element, and the primary RFID device configured to measure and transmit information, via the primary severed antenna, relating to the plurality of parameters comprising the pressure information and the moisture information in the effective area,
- wherein the fluid comprises the wound discharge,
- wherein the strength of the at least one return signal is variable in relation to the ionic content of the wound discharge relative to the ionic content of the water alone, and
- wherein the electromagnetically conductive element is embedded, interlaced, and interwoven in relation to the dressing member.
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A method of fabricating a dressing apparatus for facilitating healing, comprising:
- providing a dressing member having an effective area;
- providing an electromagnetically conductive element mechanically coupled with the dressing member, providing the electrically conductive element comprising providing a conductive thread and providing an extended antenna, providing the extended antenna comprising embedding the extended antenna in the dressing member, and providing the electrically conductive element comprising configuring the electrically conductive element, via the conductive thread, to sense a plurality of parameters comprising pressure information and moisture information in the effective area;
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- providing a primary RFID device coupling a primary severed antenna with the electrically conductive element, providing the primary RFID device comprising configuring the primary RFID device to transmit at least one output signal to the electromagnetically conductive element, to receive at least one return signal from the electromagnetically conductive element, and to provide an alert, via the primary severed antenna, if the at least one return signal has a strength corresponding to at least approximately a threshold amount of fluid present in the dressing member, providing the primary RFID device comprising configuring the primary RFID device to receive at least one return signal from the electromagnetically conductive element that is variable in relation to an ionic content of a wound discharge relative to an ionic content of water alone, providing the primary RFID device comprising configuring the primary RFID device to sense changes in dampness of the dressing member, and providing the primary RFID device comprising configuring the primary RFID device to measure and transmit, via the primary severed antenna, information relating to a plurality of parameters comprising the pressure information and the moisture information in the effective area,
- wherein the fluid comprises the wound discharge,
- wherein the strength of the at least one return signal is variable in relation to the ionic content of the wound discharge relative to the ionic content of the water alone, and
- wherein providing the electromagnetically conductive element comprises providing the electromagnetically conductive element as embedded, interlaced, and interwoven in relation to the dressing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.