Devices, methods, and systems with spectral filtering for detecting wound and identifying bacteria based on fluorescence signature

Abstract

A system for acquiring data regarding a wound in tissue comprises at least one excitation light source configured to directly illuminate a wound with excitation light; a spectral filtering mechanism configured to permit passage of optical signals responsive to illumination of the wound and having at least one wavelength corresponding to bacterial, fungal, and/or other microorganism autofluorescence and/or bacterial, fungal, viral, and/or microbial fluorescence, the spectral filtering mechanism including a plurality of selectable filters respectively corresponding to different discrete spectral bandwidths; an optical sensor configured to detect the spectrally filtered signals; and a processor configured to receive the detected, filtered signals and to identify a fluorescent signature of bacteria in the wound based at least in part on the detected, filtered signals and to output data regarding the bacterial, fungal, viral, and/or microbial fluorescent signature.