Method and apparatus for collecting and analyzing surface wound data

A method of collecting wound information, comprising:

• receiving location information of a surface wound sustained by a first subject human, the location information comprising a size, shape, and location of the surface wound, said size, shape, and location being quantitatively defined relative to a 3D human model;
• recording the location information onto a memory device;
• recording injury information concerning an injury sustained by the first subject human onto the memory device;
• recording onto the memory device a relationship between the location information and the injury information;
• display on a display a computer-generated 3D human model comprising computer-generated skin;
• responsive to said receiving of said location information, drawing the location information including the size, shape, and location of the surface wound onto the displayed computer-generated skin of the computer-generated 3D human model;
• and
• prior to said receiving of said location information, receiving a body characteristic for the first subject human, wherein a characteristic of the computer-generated 3D human model is based on the received body characteristic, and wherein the characteristic of the computer-generated 3D human model comprises a height, weight, gender, or body type,
• wherein the 3D human model that the size, shape and location are quantitatively defined relative to is a standardized 3D human model such that the recorded location information is defined relative to a reference frame of the standardized 3D human model.

A computer implemented method of collecting wound information, the method comprising:

• storing in a memory device a plurality of surface wound location informations, each relating to a respective surface wound sustained by a respective subject human and comprising a size, shape, and location of the respective surface wound on the respective subject human;
• aggregating the location informations from a plurality of the plurality of surface wound location informations;
• and
• displaying onto a display device wound density of the aggregated location informations as a function of skin location on a computer-generated skin of the 3D human model,
• wherein, prior to said aggregating, said size, shape, and location of said respective surface wounds of said plurality of said plurality of surface wound location informations are quantitatively defined relative to a common reference coordinate system of a 3D human model, and
• wherein at least two of said plurality of the plurality of surface wound location informations relate to respective surface wounds sustained by different respective subject humans.

A system for collecting wound information, the system comprising a processor and a memory device, the processor being configured to:

• store in the memory device a plurality of surface wound location informations, each relating to a respective surface wound sustained by a respective subject human and comprising a size, shape, and location of the respective surface wound on the respective subject human;
• and
• aggregate the location informations from a plurality of the plurality of surface wound location informations,
• wherein, prior to said aggregating, said size, shape, and location of said respective surface wounds of said plurality of said plurality of surface wound location informations are quantitatively defined relative to a common reference coordinate system of a 3D human model,
• wherein at least two of said plurality of the plurality of surface wound location informations relate to respective surface wounds sustained by different respective subject humans, and
• wherein the system further comprises a display device, wherein the processor is configured to display onto the display device wound density of the aggregated location informations as a function of skin location on a computer-generated skin of the 3D human model.