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US 11,309,080 B2Granted
System for monitoring compliant usage of negative pressure wound therapy
AssigneeKCI Licensing, Inc.
InventorsGregory Phillips, Brian Robey
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for treating a tissue site are described. In some embodiments, the system may include a dressing, a negative-pressure source, and a communication device. The communication device may be coupled to the negative-pressure source and configured to transmit operational data of the negative pressure source to a remote location for monitoring usage of the system.
Claims8
A method for treating a tissue site, comprising:
- activating a negative-pressure source configured to provide negative pressure to the tissue site;
- transmitting data related to a usage time of the negative-pressure source to a remote user;
- determining that the usage time is less than a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is in a range of 16 hours/day to 19 hours/day;
- generating an alert to signal that the usage time is less than the threshold value and to prompt the remote user to contact a user of the negative-pressure source.
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A system for monitoring negative-pressure therapy, comprising:
- a negative-pressure therapy unit;
- a dressing fluidly coupled to the negative-pressure therapy unit;
- a communication device coupled to the negative-pressure therapy unit and configured to transmit operational data of the negative-pressure therapy unit;
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- a receiving unit configured to receive operational data transmitted from the communication device, wherein the receiving unit comprises a processor configured to process the operational data to provide an output determination of whether a usage time of the negative-pressure therapy unit meets a threshold value, wherein the threshold value is in a range of 16 hours/day to 19 hours/day.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.