Granted Patent B2

US 8,725,528 · App. 11/901,601 · Granted May 13, 2014

Abstract

Claims (48)

1. A reduced pressure tissue treatment system, comprising:

a processing unit executing software;

an electronic display in communication with said processing unit; and

a storage unit in communication with said processing unit, the software configured to cause said processing unit to:

manage a patient history database, treatment history database, and image history database to store patient history, treatment history, and image history, respectively, of one or more patients being treated by the reduced pressure tissue treatment system;

enable a clinician to access and display information stored in any of the databases;

enable a clinician to enter tissue treatment parameters;

apply a reduced pressure to a tissue site of a patient using a vacuum pump of the reduced pressure tissue treatment system based on the tissue treatment parameters, the reduced pressure applied to the tissue site defining a treatment;

generate tissue treatment information representative of the treatment performed on the patient by the reduced pressure tissue treatment system;

store the tissue treatment information in the treatment history database; and

in response to the clinician entering a query to access the tissue treatment information from the treatment history database, display the tissue treatment information on the reduced pressure tissue treatment system.

2. The reduced pressure tissue treatment system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an image capture device configured to capture an image of a tissue site; and

an input/output unit in communication with said processing unit, and configured to receive the image of the tissue site captured by said image capture device.

3. The reduced pressure tissue treatment system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a touch-screen electronic display in communication with said processing unit, and the software configured to enable a clinician access any of the patient, treatment, and image history via the touch-screen electronic display.

4. The reduced pressure tissue treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the patient history includes a record identifying date, time, and event in performing a tissue treatment on a patient.

5. The reduced pressure tissue treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the treatment history database includes a record identifying date, time, mode, pressure, and duration of treatment.

6. The reduced pressure tissue treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the image history database includes a record including an image, date, and time of image captured.

7. The reduced pressure tissue treatment system according to claim 6 , wherein said processing unit is further configured to display thumbnail images of a tissue site over time and enable a clinician to selectively expand an image.

8. The reduced pressure tissue treatment system according to claim 7 , wherein said processing unit is further configured to display graphics on the expanded image to show an outline of the tissue site.

9. The reduced pressure tissue treatment system according to claim 1 , wherein the software is further configured to enable the clinician to select one of a plurality of wound types as a tissue treatment parameter.

10. A method for managing tissue treatment information on a reduced pressure tissue treatment system, comprising:

storing patient history information in a storage unit in communication with a processing unit for executing software, the storage unit and processing unit operating in the reduced pressure tissue treatment system;

storing treatment history information in the storage unit;

storing image history information of a tissue site of a patient in the storage unit, the image history information be indicative of results of tissue treatment to the tissue site;

accessing at least one record of patient, treatment, and image history information;

displaying the at least one record to enable a clinician to make tissue treatment decisions based on historical treatment provided to the patient and results of the tissue treatment to the tissue site being treated;

enabling the clinician to enter tissue treatment parameters;

applying a reduced pressure to a tissue site of a patient using a vacuum pump of the reduced pressure tissue treatment system based on the tissue treatment parameters, the reduced pressure applied to the tissue site defining a treatment;

generating tissue treatment information representative of the treatment performed on the patient by the reduced pressure tissue treatment system;

storing the tissue treatment information in the treatment history database; and

in response to the clinician entering a query to access the tissue treatment information from the treatment history database, displaying the tissue treatment information on the reduced pressure tissue treatment system.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

capturing an image of a tissue site; and

receiving the captured image of the tissue site.

12. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

enabling a clinician to access any of the patient, treatment, and image history via a touch-screen electronic display.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein storing patient history includes storing a record identifying date, time, and event in performing a tissue treatment on a patient.

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein storing treatment history includes storing a record identifying date, time, mode, pressure, and duration of treatment.

15. The method according to claim 10 , wherein storing image history includes storing a record including an image, date, and time of image captured.

16. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising:

displaying thumbnail images of a tissue site over time; and

enabling a clinician to selectively expand an image.

17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising displaying graphics on the expanded image to show an outline of the tissue site.

18. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising receiving a selection of one of a plurality of wound types as a tissue treatment parameter.

19. The reduced pressure tissue treatment system to claim 1 , wherein the treatment parameters used in performing the tissue treatment are stored in the treatment history database.

20. The reduced pressure tissue treatment system to claim 19 , wherein the treatment parameters are associated with the respective patient on which the tissue treatment has been performed.

Assignments (9)