US 12,290,352 B2
Neurostimulation and monitoring using sensor enabled wound monitoring and therapy apparatus
Varuni Rachindra Brownhill, Swanland (GB); Victoria Jody Hammond, Hull (GB); Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Beverley (GB); and Charlotte Urwin, Hull (GB)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford (GB)
Filed by Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford (GB)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/386,491.
Application 18/386,491 is a continuation of application No. 16/651,119, granted, now 11,839,464, previously published as PCT/EP2018/075819, filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/564,467, filed on Sep. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0115161 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/395 (2021.01); A61F 13/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1109 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1032 (2013.01); A61B 5/1104 (2013.01); A61B 5/395 (2021.01); A61B 5/445 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/4842 (2013.01); A61B 5/4848 (2013.01); A61B 5/6802 (2013.01); A61F 13/02 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/0468 (2013.01); A61N 1/0476 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wound treatment apparatus comprising:
an electrical stimulator configured to apply an electrical stimulation to a patient; and
an electronic control circuitry coupled to the electrical stimulator, the electronic control circuitry configured to:
operate the electrical stimulator to apply an electrical stimulation;
adjust the electrical stimulation based on a stimulation response of the patient that includes at least one of nerve conduction velocity or a property of a nerve signal;
determine one or more wound characteristics based on a nerve response in at least a portion of a wound of the patient; and
provide an indication of the one or more wound characteristics.