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.
Claims16
An RFID device operable with a dressing member having an effective area, the RFID device comprising:
- a primary RFID device:
- an electromagnetically conductive element mechanically coupled with the dressing member, the electromagnetically conductive element comprising a conductive thread and an extended antenna, the extended antenna embedded in the dressing member, and the electromagnetically electrically conductive element, via the conductive thread, configured to sense a plurality of parameters comprising pressure information and moisture information;
- a primary severed antenna coupled with the primary RFID and the electromagnetically conductive element,
- wherein the primary RFID device is configured to:
- transmit at least one output signal to the electromagnetically conductive element,
- receive at least one return signal from the electromagnetically conductive element, and 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 having the effective area,
- 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,
- sense changes in dampness of the dressing member in the effective area via the electromagnetically conductive element, and
- measure, and transmit, information, via the primary severed antenna, relating to the plurality of parameters, the plurality of parameters comprising pressure information and moisture information in relation to the effective area.
A method of fabricating an RFID device operable with a dressing member having an effective area, the method comprising:
- providing a primary RFID device,
- providing an electromagnetically conductive element mechanically coupled with the dressing member, the electromagnetically conductive element comprising a conductive thread and an extended antenna, the extended antenna embedded in the dressing member, and the electromagnetically electrically conductive element, via the conductive thread, configured to sense a plurality of parameters comprising pressure information and moisture information,
- wherein the primary RFID device is configured to:
- couple a primary severed antenna with an electromagnetically conductive element,
- transmit at least one output signal to the electromagnetically conductive element, receive at least one return signal from the electromagnetically conductive element, and 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 having the effective area,
- 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,
- sense changes in dampness of the dressing member in the effective area via the electromagnetically conductive element, and
- measure, and transmit, information, via the primary severed antenna, relating to the plurality of parameters, the plurality of parameters comprising pressure information and moisture information in relation to the effective area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.