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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Elwha Llc, Bellevue, WA (US);
Paul Duesterhoft, Grapevine, TX (US);
Nicholas Dykstra, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Hawkins, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, WA (US);
Jordin T. Kare, San Jose, CA (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
Computational systems and methods for reporting information regarding appurtenances to wound dressings are described. A system can include an appurtenance to a wound dressing, including a substrate, a transmission unit, a selectively activated switch, and a projection of a size and shape to extend into an interior region of a wound dressing and configured to sample a fluid associated with a wound; a local unit, including a receiver configured to receive signals from the transmission unit, a transmitter configured to send signals to the transmission unit, a processor, non-volatile memory, and a power source; and a central assembly, including a processor, a receiver configured to receive signals from the local unit, and at least one user interface.