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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2014
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul Duesterhoft, Issaquah, WA (US);
Nicholas Dykstra, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Hawkins, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);
Eric C. Leuthardt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Elizabeth L. Schubert, Bellevue, WA (US);
Clarence T. Tegreene, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);
ELWHA LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Appurtenances to a wound dressing and systems for monitoring wound dressings are described. In some embodiments, a system for monitoring a wound dressing includes: an appurtenance to a wound dressing, wherein the appurtenance includes a sensor unit, an electronic identifier, and a transmitter unit operably attached to the sensor unit and to the electronic identifier; and a local unit including a receiver for the transmitter unit, a processor operably attached to the receiver, and a communication unit operably attached to the processor.