Accessory devices of a medical system, medical systems and related methods for future operating state

Inventors: Mads Hindhede Svanegaard (Bagsvaerd, DK); Marie Svane Rizk Vestergaard (Frederiksberg, DK); Michael Larsen (Copenhagen, DK); Mikkel Broge Hendeliowitz (Copenhagen, DK); Tine Frimodt Hansen (Paris, FR)

Assignee: Coloplast A/S

A61F5/4404 A61B5/6843 A61B5/742 A61B5/7475 A61F5/443 G16H10/60 G16H40/40 G16H40/67

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Quick Facts

Patent No.: US 12661251
App. No.: 16/970,964
Filed: Aug 19, 2020
Granted: Jun 23, 2026
Kind: B2
Examiner: MARCETICH, ADAM M
Art Unit: 3781
USPC: 604/318

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Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an accessory device ( 8 ). The accessory device is configured to communicate with an ostomy system. The ostomy system comprises a monitor device, and/or an ostomy appliance configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user. The ostomy appliance comprises abase plate. The accessory device comprises: a processor ( 402 ); a memory ( 401 ); and an interface ( 403 ) operatively connected to the processor and the memory. The interface is configured to obtain monitor data from the monitor device. The processor is configured to determine a current operating state of the ostomy appliance and a future operating state of the ostomy appliance based on the monitor data. The current operating state is indicative of adhesive performance of the ostomy appliance, wherein the future operating state is indicative of the adhesive performance of the ostomy appliance. The interface is configured to communicate the current operating state and the future operating state.

Claims (34)

1 . An accessory device, wherein the accessory device is configured to communicate with an ostomy system, wherein the ostomy system comprises a monitor device, and/or an ostomy appliance configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user, wherein the ostomy appliance comprises a base plate having multiple adhesive zones, the accessory device comprising:

a processor;

a memory; and

an interface operatively connected to the processor and the memory, wherein the interface is configured to obtain monitor data from the monitor device;

wherein the processor is configured to:

determine a current operating state of the ostomy appliance and a future operating state of the ostomy appliance based on the monitor data, wherein:

the current operating state is indicative of current state of erosion in the multiple adhesive zones of the base plate, and

the future operating state is indicative of future state of erosion in the multiple adhesive zones of the base plate, wherein at least one zone of the multiple adhesive zones has a different future state of erosion than the current state of erosion for the at least one zone, and

generate, for presentation to the user via a display of the accessory device, a graphical user interface comprising a user interface object representative of the future operating state of the base plate.

2 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the future operating state comprises at least one of: a wear time, a quality of adhesion, and a moisture pattern representation.

3 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the current operating state comprises at least one of: a wear time, a quality of adhesion, and a moisture pattern representation.

4 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the interface is configured to obtain monitor data from a monitor device by obtaining the monitor data over a time period and wherein the memory is configured to store the monitor data received over the time period.

5 . The accessory device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the current operating state of the ostomy appliance and the future operating state of the ostomy appliance based on the monitor data received over the time period.

6 . The accessory device according to claim 4 , wherein the time period includes a period of time up to and including a current time.

7 . The accessory device according to claim 4 , wherein the time period includes a time period from a start time of use of the ostomy appliance, to the current time.

8 . The accessory device according to claim 4 , wherein the time period includes a period of time from a start time of use of the ostomy appliance, to the current time of determination of the current and/or future operating states.

9 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the current operating state of the ostomy appliance and the future operating state of the ostomy appliance based on one or more previous operating states.

10 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the current operating state of the ostomy appliance and the future operating state of the ostomy appliance based on a parameter characterizing a product type of the ostomy appliance.

11 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the current operating state of the ostomy appliance and the future operating state of the ostomy appliance based on a base plate parameter characterizing a product type of the base plate.

12 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the current operating state of the ostomy appliance and the future operating state of the ostomy appliance based on a bag parameter characterizing a bag of the ostomy appliance.

13 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the current operating state of the ostomy appliance and the future operating state of the ostomy appliance based on a ring parameter characterizing a ring type of the ostomy appliance.

14 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the current operating state of the ostomy appliance and the future operating state of the ostomy appliance based on a user attribute, wherein the user attribute comprises a user age, a user gender, a user metabolism, a user health condition, and/or a user activity level.

15 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a future operating state for the ostomy system that is based on:

the future operating state of the ostomy appliance; and

a power capacity of a power unit of the monitor device.

16 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the future operating state of the ostomy appliance using a statistical analysis of the previous operating states, and/or of historic monitor data.

17 . The accessory device according to claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface comprises a characteristic feature indicative of the future operating state.

18 . A method, performed by an accessory device, wherein the accessory device is configured to communicate with an ostomy system, wherein the ostomy system comprises a monitor device, and/or an ostomy appliance configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user, wherein the ostomy appliance comprises a base plate having multiple adhesive zones, the method comprising:

obtaining monitor data from the monitor device;

determining a current operating state of the ostomy appliance based on the monitor data, wherein the current operating state is indicative of a current state of erosion for each adhesive zone of the multiple adhesive zones;

determining a future operating state of the ostomy appliance based on the monitor data, wherein the future operating state is indicative of a future state of erosion for an adhesive zone of the multiple adhesive zones that is different from the current state of erosion for the adhesive zone, and

generating, for presentation to the user via the accessory device, a graphical user interface comprising a user interface object representative of the future operating state.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the user interface object comprises a graphical representation of the adhesive zone.

20 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the user interface object comprises a moisture pattern representative of the multiple adhesive zones according to the future operating state.