公开(公告)号：US11583449B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US16432278

申请日：2019-06-05

申请人： Hill-Rom Services, Inc.

发明人： David Lance Ribble ,  Craig Meyerson ,  Henry J. Smith ,  Kirsten Emmons ,  Yongji Fu ,  David E. Quinn ,  Frank E. Sauser

IPC分类号： A61F13/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61F13/02

摘要： A system for detecting potential for infection includes a wound dressing and an electronics component. The wound dressing includes a temperature sensing layer and a cover layer comprising a substrate and a backing layer. The electronics component includes a power source, an electronic control unit (ECU), and a communications interface positioned within a housing and removably coupled to the temperature sensing layer of the wound dressing. The electronics component is configured to receive a plurality of temperature readings from the temperature sensing layer, and provide an indication of potential infection of the wound based the plurality of temperature readings. In various embodiments, each of the plurality of temperature readings corresponds to a temperature of an area around a wound. Methods for preventing infections using the system are also described.