US 11,793,924 B2
Systems and methods for delivering prescribed wound therapy
Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Hull (GB); and Felix Clarence Quintanar, Hull (GB)
Assigned to T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited, Hull (GB)
Appl. No. 17/416,385
Filed by T.J.Smith and Nephew, Limited, Hull (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 11, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/084611
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/126735, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1820668 (GB), filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379272 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)
CPC A61M 1/90 (2021.05) [A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/35 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A negative pressure wound therapy device comprising:
a negative pressure source configured to be fluidically connected to a dressing positioned over a wound, the negative pressure source further configured to provide a negative pressure therapy to the wound;
a user interface configured to receive input from a user and provide feedback to the user; and
a controller configured to:
receive from the user interface a request to provide the negative pressure therapy in accordance with a default therapy prescription;
in response to receipt of the request, cause the negative pressure source to provide the negative pressure therapy to the wound in accordance with the default therapy prescription;
transmit or cause transmission of a usage data associated with provision of the negative pressure therapy over a time duration to a remote computer;
prior to switching the negative pressure therapy from the default therapy prescription to an updated therapy prescription different from the default therapy prescription, cause the remote computer to monitor, based on the usage data, compliance of the provision of the negative pressure therapy over at least a portion of the time duration with the updated therapy prescription;
receive an indication from the remote computer that the provision of the negative pressure therapy over at least the portion of the time duration was noncompliant with the updated therapy prescription;
in response to receipt of the indication:
provide a non-compliant therapy alert via the user interface;
provide a prompt on the user interface requesting an authorization to switch a therapy prescription from the default therapy prescription to the updated therapy prescription; and
cause receipt from the user interface an the authorization to switch the therapy prescription from the default therapy prescription to the updated therapy prescription; and
in response to receipt of the authorization to switch the therapy prescription from the default therapy prescription to the updated therapy prescription, cause the negative pressure source to provide the negative pressure therapy in accordance with the updated therapy prescription.