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Patent No.:

US 9024751 B1

PDFFull Text
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.

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