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US 2026/0011014 A1Published application
Methods and systems for improving wound healing
AssigneeWound Pros Management Group, Inc.
InventorBill J. Releford
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Abstract
This disclosure provides a novel method and system for wound assessment and treatment to improve wound healing. The disclosed method and system employs machine learning models to extract information from collected wound images and other data to determine wound healing rates and appropriate treatment plans.
Claims20
A method of improving healing of a wound or portion thereof on a subject, comprising:
- determining a wound healing rate of the wound or portion thereof on the subject, comprising:
- obtaining image data comprising an image of the wound or portion thereof of the subject;
- automatically segmenting the image into a plurality of regions by a first trained model;
- automatically determining a boundary of a wound area of the wound or portion thereof by a second trained model based on the plurality of regions from segmentation;
- determining three-dimensional characteristics of the wound area comprising a length, a width, and a depth of the wound or portion thereof;
- determining the wound healing rate of the wound or portion thereof based on the three-dimensional characteristics of the wound area;
- predicting an area reduction of the wound or portion thereof over a predetermined time period;
- and
- determining an actual amount of area reduction of the wound or portion thereof over the predetermined time period.
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A method of improving healing of a wound or portion thereof on a subject, comprising:
- determining a wound healing rate of the wound or portion thereof on the subject, comprising:
- obtaining image data comprising an image of the wound or portion thereof of the subject;
- automatically segmenting the image into a plurality of regions by a first trained model;
- automatically determining a boundary of a wound area of the wound or portion thereof by a second trained model based on the plurality of regions from segmentation;
- determining three-dimensional characteristics of the wound area comprising a length, a width, and a depth of the wound or portion thereof;
- determining the wound healing rate of the wound or portion thereof based on the three-dimensional characteristics of the wound area and using the equation:
- V
- A
- =
- -
- D
- c
-
- t
- +
- q
- where V is the volume of the wound (cm3), A is the surface area of the wound (cm2), D(c) is the continuous linear healing rate (cm/day), t is the time interval between evaluation (days), and q is the time of closure (days);
- predicting an area reduction of the wound or portion thereof over a predetermined time period;
- and
- determining an actual amount of area reduction of the wound or portion thereof over the predetermined time period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.