US 11,717,447 B2
Sensor enabled wound monitoring and therapy apparatus
Varuni Rachindra Brownhill, Hull (GB); Nicholas John Collier, Burwell (GB); James Christopher Frake, Foxton (GB); Victoria Jody Hammond, Hull (GB); Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Hull (GB); Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Beverley (GB); Gordon John Leather, Leaden Roding (GB); Simon Mark Norman, Cambridge (GB); and Charlotte Urwin, Hull (GB)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford (GB)
Appl. No. 16/301,388
Filed by Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford (GB)
PCT Filed May 12, 2017, PCT No. PCT/IB2017/000693
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 13, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/195038, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 16, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/336,535, filed on May 13, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/337,252, filed on May 16, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/484,792, filed on Apr. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0290496 A1, Sep. 26, 2019
Int. Cl. A61M 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/02 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/32 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/00059 (2013.01) [A61B 5/445 (2013.01); A61F 13/00068 (2013.01); A61F 13/0216 (2013.01); A61M 1/73 (2021.05); A61M 1/915 (2021.05); A61M 1/916 (2021.05); A61M 1/966 (2021.05); A61F 2013/0097 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00442 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00948 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00953 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00957 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00961 (2013.01); A61M 1/982 (2021.05); A61M 1/985 (2021.05); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3324 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3375 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2230/50 (2013.01); A61M 2230/65 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wound monitoring apparatus, comprising:
a wound dressing configured to be positioned in contact with a wound, the wound dressing comprising at least one substantially flexible substrate supporting a plurality of sensors, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors and the at least one substantially flexible substrate supporting the plurality of sensors are configured to be in direct contact with the wound, and
wherein the at least one substantially flexible substrate is a substantially flexible printed circuit.