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Patent No.:

US 9024751 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 08, 2012

Dormant to active appurtenances for reporting information regarding wound dressings

Applicants:

Paul Duesterhoft, Issaquah, WA (US);

Nicholas Dykstra, Seattle, WA (US);

Daniel Hawkins, Bellevue, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

Mark K. Kuiper, Seattle, WA (US);

Eric C. Leuthardt, St Louis, MO (US);

Nels R. Peterson, Bellevue, WA (US);

Elizabeth L. Schubert, Bellevue, WA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Paul Duesterhoft, Issaquah, WA (US);

Nicholas Dykstra, Seattle, WA (US);

Daniel Hawkins, Bellevue, WA (US);

Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);

Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, WA (US);

Mark K. Kuiper, Seattle, WA (US);

Eric C. Leuthardt, St Louis, MO (US);

Nels R. Peterson, Bellevue, WA (US);

Elizabeth L. Schubert, Bellevue, WA (US);

Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, WA (US);

Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

Elwha LLC, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Primary Examiner:

Daryl Pope

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 1/08 (2006.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00051 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/03 (2013.01); A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 5/14546 (2013.01);
Abstract

Appurtenances to wound dressings can include: a substrate configured to attach to a wound dressing; a fluid-activated voltaic cell attached to the substrate; a transmission unit attached to a surface of the substrate, the transmission unit including circuitry and at least one antenna, the transmission unit configured to transmit a signal in response to current generated by the fluid-activated voltaic cell; and a projection operably attached to the fluid-activated voltaic cell, the projection of a size and shape to extend into an interior region of the wound dressing and configured to sample a fluid within the interior region of the wound dressing.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Duesterhoft, Paul. (2015). Dormant to active appurtenances for reporting information regarding wound dressings (U.S. Patent No. 9024751). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9024751

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