Systems and methods for wound area management

Details Systems and methods for wound area management Systems and methods for wound area management

A - Human Necessities

61

B

A61B 5/103 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2648867

A system for determining and tracking the area of a wound (12), the system comprising a digital imaging device (42) generally positioned at a spaced distance and angle from said wound (12), for acquiring a digital image (44) of said wound (12) and an area immediately surrounding said wound (12), a reference tag (32) removably positionable in association with said wound (12), said reference tag (32) having discernable elements of known dimensions, and a digital image display and processing device (46) in data communication with said digital imaging device (42) for receiving, displaying, and processing said acquired digital image (44), said display further comprising a graphical data input device (50) for inputting data associated with a trace of said wound (12) while said digital image (44) is displayed thereon, said digital image display and processing device (46) calculating and reporting a wound area based on said image and trace data.

Un système pour délimiter et suivre la surface d'une blessure (12), le système comprenant un dispositif d'image numérique (42) généralement disposé à une certaine distance et sous un angle particulier par rapport à ladite blessure (12), de façon à acquérir une image numérique (44) de ladite blessure (12) et une surface entourant immédiatement ladite blessure (12) une étiquette de référence (32) se plaçant amovible en association avec ladite blessure (12), ladite étiquette de référence (32) comportant des éléments discernables de dimensions connue, et un afficheur d'image numérique et un dispositif de traitement (46) en communication de données avec ledit dispositif d'imagerie numérique (42) de façon à recevoir, afficher et traiter ladite image numérique acquise (44), ledit afficheur comprenant en outre un dispositif graphique d'entrée de données (50) pour l'entrée de données associées à un tracé de ladite blessure (12) pendant que ladite image numérique (44) y est affichée, ledit afficheur d'image numérique et ledit dispositif de traitement (46) faisant un calcul et un compte rendu concernant une surface de blessure sur la base de ladite image et des données du tracé.

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