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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Synaptive Medical Inc., Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SYNAPTIVE MEDICAL INC., Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00055 (2013.01); A61F 13/00042 (2013.01); A61F 13/00051 (2013.01); A61F 13/00987 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00429 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dressing apparatus and methods for facilitating healing, the apparatus and methods involving a dressing member, an electromagnetically conductive element mechanically coupled with the dressing member, and a primary RFID device configured to transmit at least one output signal to the electromagnetically conductive element, to receive at least one return signal from the electromagnetically conductive element, and to provide an alert if the at least one return signal has a strength corresponding to at least approximately a threshold amount of fluid present in the dressing member, whereby healing is facilitated.