# US 2019/0167117 A1 · Method of Monitoring the Status of a Wound > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0167117 A1 - Document ID: US20190167117A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/255,743 - Filed: 2019-01-23 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2011-04-04 - Assignees: WoundVision, LLC - Applicants: WoundVision, LLC - Inventors: James G. Spahn; Nicholas A. McMurray - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190167117A1 ## CPC - A61B 5/015: {By temperature mapping of body part} - A61B 5/7425: {Displaying combinations of multiple images regardless of image source, e.g. displaying a reference anatomical image with a live image} - G01J 5/00: Radiation pyrometry, e.g. infrared or optical thermometry - G01J 5/0025: {Living bodies (ear thermometers G01J5/0011; detecting, measuring or recording for diagnostic purposes A61B5/00)} - G01J 5/07: Arrangements for adjusting the solid angle of collected radiation, e.g. adjusting or orienting field of view, tracking position or encoding angular position (optical collimating elements G01J5/0806) - G01J 5/04: Casings - G01J 2005/0077: {Imaging} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G01J: MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRARED, VISIBLE OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; RADIATION PYROMETRY (light sources F21, H01J, H01K, H05B; investigating properties of materials by optical means G01N) ## Abstract A system for determining a clinically relevant temperature differential between a predetermined area of interest on the body surface of a mammal and a control area on the body surface of said mammal, said system comprising: a visual and thermal image capturing device, said image capturing device comprising: a housing, a means for capturing a digital visual image within said housing; and a means for capturing a digital thermal image within said housing; a display apparatus, said display apparatus comprising means for showing said captured visual image and said captured thermal image; and a computing apparatus, said computing apparatus operatively connected to said image capturing device and to said display apparatus, said computing apparatus comprising: a means for selecting a control area on the surface of the skin; a means for determining an temperature of said control area; a means for selecting an area of clinical interest within said visual image; a means for calculating plane geometric features of said selected area of clinical interest; a means for overlaying said digital image onto said thermal image in a desired orientation on said display apparatus; and a means for applying a unique pixel value to a specific predetermined temperature range on said thermal image. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for determining a clinically relevant temperature differential between a predetermined area of interest on the body surface of a mammal and a control area on the body surface of said mammal, said system comprising: a visual and thermal image capturing device, said image capturing device comprising: a housing, a means for capturing a digital visual image within said housing; and a means for capturing a digital thermal image within said housing; a display apparatus, said display apparatus comprising means for showing said captured visual image and said captured thermal image; and a computing apparatus, said computing apparatus operatively connected to said image capturing device and to said display apparatus, said computing apparatus comprising: a means for selecting a control area on the surface of the body; a means for determining a temperature of said control area; a means for overlaying said digital image onto said thermal image in a desired orientation on said display apparatus; and a means for applying a unique pixel value to a specific predetermined temperature range on said thermal image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a means for selecting an area of clinical interest within said visual image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a means for calculating plane geometric features of said selected area of clinical interest. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a means for overlaying said digital image onto said thermal image in a desired orientation on said display apparatus. ### Claim 5 A system for determining a clinically relevant temperature differential between a predetermined area of interest on the body surface of a mammal and a control area on the body surface of said mammal, said system comprising: a visual and thermal image capturing device, said image capturing device comprising: a housing, a means for capturing a digital visual image within said housing; and a means for capturing a digital thermal image within said housing; a display apparatus, said display apparatus comprising means for showing said captured visual image and said captured thermal image; and a computing apparatus, said computing apparatus operatively connected to said image capturing device and to said display apparatus, said computing apparatus comprising: a means for selecting a control area on the surface of the body; a means for determining a temperature of said control area; a means for selecting an area of clinical interest within said visual image; a means for calculating plane geometric features of said selected area of clinical interest; a means for overlaying said digital image onto said thermal image in a desired orientation on said display apparatus; and a means for applying a unique pixel value to a specific predetermined temperature range on said thermal image. ### Claim 6 A method of contemporaneously comparing an average temperature of predetermined area of interest on the body surface of a mammal and a control area on the body surface of said mammal, said method comprising the steps of: capturing a physical image of a portion of the body of a mammal; capturing a thermal image of said body portion; displaying said physical and said thermal image on a screen; selecting a control area on the surface of the skin; determining an temperature of said control area; selecting an area of clinical interest within said visual image; calculating plane geometric features of said selected area of clinical interest; overlaying said digital image onto said thermal image in a desired orientation on said display apparatus; and applying a unique pixel value to a specific predetermined temperature range on said thermal image. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the method further comprise selecting an area of clinical interest within said visual image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the method further comprise calculating plane geometric features of said selected area of clinical interest. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the method further comprise overlaying said digital image onto said thermal image in a desired orientation on said display apparatus ### Claim 10 A method of contemporaneously comparing an average temperature of predetermined area of interest on the body surface of a mammal and a control area on the body surface of said mammal, said method comprising the steps of: capturing a physical image of a portion of the body of a mammal; capturing a thermal image of said body portion; displaying said physical and said thermal image on a screen; selecting a control area on the surface of the body; determining an temperature of said control area; selecting an area of clinical interest within said visual image; calculating plane geometric features of said selected area of clinical interest; overlaying said digital image onto said thermal image in a desired orientation on said display apparatus; and applying a unique pixel value to a specific predetermined temperature range on said thermal image.