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US 11,491,042 B2Granted
Ostomy monitoring system and method
Assignee11 Health and Technologies Limited
InventorsMichael Seres, Anupriya Jai Tilak Naik, David Ramirez-Ayala, Yumeng Wu, Bryan Went, Erick Went, Sabrina Kaefer, Irina Dorofeeva, Tianbin Zhao
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Abstract
An ostomy bag can include one or more sensors for measuring one or more metrics. An ostomy wafer can also include one or more sensors for measuring one or more metrics. The sensors can be temperature sensors and/or capacitive sensors, for example, and the metrics can include bag fill, leakage, skin irritation, and phase of stoma output, among others.
Claims12
A method of detecting skin irritation around a stoma, the method comprising:
- under control of a hardware processor,
- sensing a first group of temperature readings of a first plurality of temperature sensors disposed about an ostomy wafer;
- sensing a second group of temperature readings of a second plurality of temperature sensors disposed about the ostomy wafer, the second plurality of temperature sensors located further away from the stoma than the first plurality of temperature sensors;
- detecting a difference in the first group of temperature readings and the second group of temperature readings;
- and
- outputting an indication that irritation has occurred at or near the stoma in response to detecting the first group of temperature readings being greater than the second group of temperature readings.
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