Smith & Nephew Pte. Limited

T.j. Smith & Nephew Limited

Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited

T.j.smith and Nephew,limited

Felix Clarence Quintanar

William W Gregory

Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt

Edward Yerbury Hartwell

Carrie Lee Childress

William Joseph Jaecklein

Kathryn Ann Leigh

Andrew P Muser

Kealoha Young Deutsch

Ben Alan Askem

Robert H Roth

Brian P Bjelovuk

Michael T Roller

Billy J Ratliff

Daniel Lee Steward

Edward Armstrong

Kevin W Bendele

William Jacob Ward

Lee Ian Partington

Lee Michael Rush

David Ronald Upton

Michael B Mosholder

Mark Schaefer

Vera N Soper

Lauren W Woodrick

Micah C Zender

Fernando Bettani

Alberto Fasan

Miles Begin

Ethan R Bliss

Giacomo F Ciminello

Ke Li

Chelsea F McLemore

Benjamin S Miller

Jerad C Raines

Damyn Musgrave

David Lee

Fatoona Mosa

Aaron Michael Husz

Matthew T Smith

Christopher Rouseff

W Len Smith

Nicola Brandolini

Matt Ekman

Ali Khishdoost Borazjani

Kory Adam Gunnerson

Emma Cole

Hannah Bailey Sidebottom

Mark Edward Jones

Paul N Minor

Justin A Bushko

Matthew Smith

Christopher Karl Walter Rouseff

Nisha Mistry

Neil Harry Patrick

James Daniel Homes

Nicholas Warrington

John Wyatt

Ian Charles Culverhouse

Tim Warren Dana

Otteh Edubio

David Mcleod

James Maxwell Eelbeck

Matthew Murphy

John P Racette

Manveer Brar

Anthony Jonathan Bedford

Louis della-Porta

Michael James Hayers

Catherine Thaddeus

Simon Tyson

Bryan Greener

Sarah Jenny Collinson

Peter David Cauwood

Iain James Sabberton

Marcus Damian Phillips

William Kelbie

Charlotte Urwin

Eric Adams

Reece Knight

Philip Gowans

Michael Paton

Mark Richard Hesketh

Damian Lawson Smith

Raymond A Carr

Samuel John Mortimer

Karl William Vanderbeek

Matthew Keith Fordham

Peter Georg Laitenberger

David Elder

Joseph William Robinson

Frederick Jethro Harrison

Hannah Bailey Weedon

Grant West

Anthony Trupiano

Johannes Dagevos Van Rij

Yeswanth Gadde

Amy Nicole Wheldrake

Jason Peter De Villiers

Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a housing enclosing a source of negative pressure and a controller configured to operate the source of negative pressure to provide negative pressure wound therapy to a wound. The housing can also include a communications controller configured to wirelessly transmit and receive data using a communications antenna positioned on an antenna board. The antenna board can be mounted to a communications board that include the communications controller. The antenna board can be electrically connected to the communications board via a single connector on the communications board. The antenna's ground plane can be positioned on the communications board.

Reduced pressure therapy systems and methods including an antenna

In some cases, a wound dressing includes a substantially flexible substrate with a first, wound-facing side supporting a plurality of electronic components and a second side opposite the first side, a wicking layer in contact with the second side of the substrate, the wicking layer configured to facilitate passage of fluid, a substantially non-stretchable coating applied to at least some of the plurality of electronic components, a substantially stretchable coating applied to the first side of the substrate, the stretchable coating applied over the substantially non-stretchable coating, a wound contact layer in contact with the stretchable coating, the wound contact layer configured to adhere to a wound, and a protective layer applied to the wound contact layer, the protective layer configured to be removed to expose the wound contact layer. In some cases, a method of manufacturing the wound dressing.

Sensor integrated dressings and systems

Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a housing, a negative pressure source, a canister, an antenna, and one or more controllers. The negative pressure source can provide negative pressure via a fluid flow path to a wound dressing. The canister can be positioned in the fluid flow path and collect fluid removed from the wound dressing. The antenna can be supported by the housing and wirelessly communicate with an electronic device. The antenna can be oriented in the housing to face downward toward the ground when the negative pressure source is providing negative pressure. The one or more controllers can activate and deactivate the negative pressure source and transmit first data to the electronic device using the antenna or receive second data from the electronic device using the antenna.

Construction and protection of components in negative pressure wound therapy systems

A negative pressure wound therapy system can include a reduced pressure wound therapy device and a wound therapy monitoring device configured to emit an indication when it detects that at least one parameter associated with the provision of negative pressure wound therapy is outside an operational range. The wound therapy monitoring device can operate in a low power mode in which the at least one parameter is periodically monitored. The reduced pressure wound therapy device can be configured to detect the indication and selectively generate an alarm. In some cases, the wound therapy monitoring device can be disposed in a wound or in a fluidic connector connecting the reduced pressure wound therapy device to the wound.

Systems and methods for monitoring essential performance of wound therapy

Embodiments of systems and methods for monitoring use of an orthopedic device are at least disclosed. In some embodiments, the system can include an orthopedic device, a housing, and a controller. The orthopedic device can provide support to a limb of an individual. The orthopedic device can include a magnet configured to generate a magnetic field. The housing can attach to the individual, and the housing can support a magnetometer configured to generate a signal responsive to the magnetic field. The controller can determine from the signal whether the individual is using the orthopedic device to provide support to the limb and accordingly output usage indications.

Dressing system with foot load monitoring

Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods for operating the systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a negative pressure source, a wound dressing configured to be positioned over a wound, and optionally a canister configured to store fluid aspirated from the wound. The negative pressure source, wound dressing, and canister (when present) can be fluidically connected to facilitate delivery of negative pressure to the wound. The system can be configured to automatically detect whether the canister is positioned in the fluid flow path between the negative pressure source and the dressing while negative pressure source provides negative pressure to the wound dressing. Operation of the system can be adjusted based on whether presence of the canister has been detected. For example, a value of an operational parameter can be set to indicate that the canister is present.

Systems and methods for applying reduced pressure therapy

An apparatus for applying negative pressure to a wound is disclosed. The apparatus can include a housing, a pressure source, a canister, and a controller. The pressure source can be supported by the housing and provide negative pressure via a fluid flow path to a wound dressing positioned over a wound. The canister can collect exudate from the wound. The controller can monitor a parameter indicative of providing negative pressure to the wound dressing with the pressure source, determine from the parameter that the wound is treatable with a canisterless wound therapy apparatus, and output for presentation to a user a notification indicating that the wound is treatable with the canisterless wound therapy apparatus.

Changing therapy devices or wound dressings in reduced pressure wound therapy

Embodiments of delivering reduced pressure wound therapy are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes a reduced pressure wound therapy device and a remote computer. The device can be configured to apply reduced pressure to a wound of a patient according to a default reduced pressure therapy prescription. The device can be configured to monitor usage data and transmit the usage data to the remove computer for determining compliance with a reduced therapy prescription. In some cases, non-compliance can be determined due to change of the prescription from the default prescription to a prescription more suitable for treating the wound. A non-compliance notification can be transmitted to the device. The device settings can be updated to the current prescription.

Systems and methods for delivering prescribed wound therapy

Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy devices and methods for controlling and operating such devices are disclosed. A negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can include a housing, a negative pressure source, a pressure sensor, and an electronic control circuitry. The negative pressure source can couple via a fluid flow path to a wound dressing covering a wound and provide negative pressure to the wound. The electronic controller circuitry can operate the negative pressure source, detect a presence of blockage in the fluid flow path based on comparing one or more peak-to-peak measurments of pressure in the fluid flow path measured by the pressure sensor to a threshold, and adjust the threshold responsive to a determination that the housing is positioned in a moving transporter. The moving transporter can be an automobile, train, or airplane.

Systems and methods for operating negative pressure wound therapy devices

Systems and methods for component stress relief are disclosed. In some embodiments, a wound dressing includes a substantially stretchable wound contact layer including a wound facing side and a non-wound facing side. The wound facing side or the non-wound facing side of the wound contact layer can support a plurality of electronic components and a plurality of electronic connections that connect at least some of the plurality of the electronic components. The wound facing side or the non-wound facing side of the wound contact layer can include a region of substantially non-stretchable material that supports at least one electronic component from the plurality of electronic components. The at least one electronic component can be attached to the wound contact layer with adhesive material. Such arrangement can securely position the at least one electronic component and limit the mechanical strain on the at least one electronic component supported by the region.

Component positioning and stress relief for sensor enabled wound dressings

Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and methods for using such apparatuses are disclosed. In some embodiments, a negative pressure wound therapy apparatus includes a controller configured to determine a level of exudate in a canister (or a dressing) based at least in part on one or more characteristics of pressure signals generated by a negative pressure source and monitored by a pressure sensor. One such characteristic of the pressure signals can be amplitude, which may increase as a level of exudate in the canister (or dressing) increases. The canister (or dressing) can include a filter configured to become occluded in order to prevent overflow of the canister (or dressing). The controller can be additionally configured to detect and indicate a canister (or dressing) pre-full condition before the filter becomes occluded. More efficient and reliable operation of the negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can thereby be attained.

Blockage and canister full detection in reduced pressure therapy systems

Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems, apparatuses, and methods for operating the systems and apparatuses are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical device is configured to detect an identity of a patient-contacting disposable connected to the medical device. The medical device automatically modifies one or more operational parameters of the medical device based on the identity of the patient-contacting disposable connected to the medical device. The medical device can include a user interface and modify automatically available selections in the user interface based on the identity of the patient-contacting disposable connected to the medical device.

Negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and methods for using the same

A negative pressure wound therapy system can include a housing and a source of negative pressure enclosed by the housing configured to aspirate fluid from a wound covered by a wound dressing. The system can have one or more visual indicators visible at the exterior surface of the housing, configured to indicate status of the system to a user. The system can also have electronic circuitry enclosed by the housing, the electronic circuitry configured to automatically, or in response to a request from the user, transition the system between at least a first operational state and a second operational state, wherein in the second operational state the one or more visual indicators are configured to not emit any light or to emit light at one or more wavelengths that are not visible to naked human eye.

Systems and methods for operating a wound therapy device in stealth mode

Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a negative pressure appliance and methods of using the same in the treatment of wounds. Some embodiments are directed to improved fluidic connectors or suction adapters for connecting to a wound site, having an air leak channel separated from a suction channel.

Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy

The present disclosure provides in part improved apparatuses, systems, and methods for providing therapy to a wound. A system can include a first power source configured to power an electronic component and a second power source configured to power the electronic component in place of the first power source. Responsive to a first condition, the second power source can power the electronic component in place of the first power source. In some cases, the system can include a pressure source that is configured to provide negative pressure to a wound dressing positioned over a wound. The wound dressing can support the first power source or the second power source.

Wound therapy systems and methods with multiple power sources

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Hull, United Kingdom

Felix Clarence Quintanar