Positioning of sensors for sensor enabled wound monitoring or therapy

A method of operating a wound monitoring and/or therapy system comprising a wound dressing including a plurality of sensors configured to measure a plurality of wound characteristics, the method comprising:

• receiving emplacement data associated with at least one point of reference;
• determining a position and/or orientation of a first sensor of a plurality of sensors based at least in part on the received emplacement data;
• comparing the position and/or orientation of the first sensor with threshold emplacement data indicating a correct position and/or orientation of the first sensor;
• and
• based at least in part on the comparison, providing an indication that the first sensor is correctly positioned in the wound,
• wherein the method is performed by a controller of a wound monitoring and/or therapy system.

A wound monitoring and/or therapy system, comprising:

• a wound dressing configured to be positioned in contact with a wound, the wound dressing comprising a plurality of sensors configured to measure a plurality of wound characteristics and at least one alignment feature is associated with a position and/or orientation of the wound dressing;
• a positioning sensing device comprising a sensor and a controller including one or more processors, the controller configured to communicate with the sensor and further configured to:
• based at least in part on data received from the sensor, determine a position and/or orientation of the at least one alignment feature;
• based at least in part on the determined position and/or orientation of the at least one alignment feature, determine a position and/or orientation of at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors of the wound dressing;
• and
• provide an indication of a status of the position and/or orientation of the at least one sensor relative to the wound.