US 11,839,464 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)
Appl. No. 16/651,119
Filed by Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford (GB)
PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/075819
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/072531, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/564,467, filed on Sep. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0297244 A1, Sep. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/395 (2021.01)
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)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wound monitoring and/or therapy apparatus, comprising:
an electrical stimulator configured to apply an electrical stimulation to a patient;
a motion detector configured to detect a movement of the patient;
a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound of the patient and configured to support the electrical stimulator; and
one or more processors coupled to the electrical stimulator and the motion detector, the one or more processors configured to:
operate the electrical stimulator to apply an electrical stimulation;
adjust the electrical stimulation based at least in part on at least one of a stimulation response or the movement of the patient;
determine one or more wound characteristics based at least in part on at least one of the electrical stimulation or the stimulation response, wherein determination of the one or more wound characteristics comprises determination of a nerve response in at least a portion of the wound; and
provide an indication of the one or more wound characteristics.