Accessory device of a medical system and related methods for issue identification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12232997-B2
Application number	US-201917268481-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 15, 2019
Priority date	Aug 15, 2018
Publication date	Feb 25, 2025
Grant date	Feb 25, 2025

Abstract

An accessory device includes an interface configured to communicate with one or more devices of an ostomy system and including a display. The ostomy system includes a monitor device and/or an ostomy appliance that is configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user. The ostomy appliance includes a base plate. A method performed in an accessory device includes obtaining monitor data from the monitor device that is indicative of presence of fluid at a proximal side of a first adhesive layer of the base plate towards the skin surface; determining an issue based on the monitor data that is related to the ostomy appliance; identifying, based on the determined issue, a set of candidate actions; selecting a set of digital content based on the set of candidate actions; and displaying the set of digital content on the display.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method, performed in an accessory device, wherein the accessory device comprises an interface configured to communicate with one or more devices of an ostomy system, the interface comprising a display, wherein the ostomy system comprises a monitor device and/or an ostomy appliance, the ostomy appliance being configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user, wherein the ostomy appliance comprises a base plate, the method comprising:
obtaining monitor data from the monitor device, wherein the monitor data is indicative of presence of fluid at a proximal side of a first adhesive layer of the base plate towards the skin surface;
determining, based on the monitor data, one or more moisture pattern types and a problem related to the ostomy appliance that corresponds to the one or more moisture pattern types, wherein each moisture pattern type of the one or more moisture pattern types indicates at least one of a moisture pattern direction or a sensing zone of the base plate in which leakage is detected;
identifying, based on the determined problem, an associated candidate action from a plurality of possible actions that is a remedy to the determined problem;
selecting a set of digital content based on the identified candidate action;
displaying the set of digital content on the display.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the base plate comprises a plurality of electrodes configured to detect presence of fluid on the proximal side in a primary sensing zone and a secondary sensing zone, the plurality of electrodes including a first leakage electrode, a second leakage electrode, and a third leakage electrode, and wherein obtaining the monitor data comprises obtaining monitor data indicative of detection of fluid on the proximal side in the primary sensing zone and/or the secondary sensing zone.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the monitor data comprises ostomy data and/or parameter data.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the ostomy data and/or parameter data is indicative of resistance between any two of the plurality of electrodes, capacitance and/or inductance between any two of the plurality of electrodes, and/or any change thereof.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining one or more moisture pattern types based on the monitor data comprises identifying at least one moisture pattern type based on parameter data.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one moisture pattern type of the one or more moisture pattern types indicates a proximity of a stoma to a sensing zone in which leakage is detected.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the problem based on the monitor data comprises:
generating a set of representative features of the moisture pattern type based on previously determined moisture pattern types;
determining whether one or more features of the determined moisture pattern type satisfy a first problem criterion, wherein the first problem criterion is based on the set of representative features; and
determining the problem as a first problem in accordance with the one or more features of the determined moisture pattern type satisfying the first problem criterion.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein determining the problem based on the monitor data comprises:
determining a number of occurrences of the determined moisture pattern type over a time period;
determining whether the number of occurrences satisfies a second problem criterion; and
determining the problem as of a second type in accordance with the number of occurrences satisfying the second problem criterion.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the candidate action is identified from the plurality of possible actions based on user data, comprising one or more of ostomy appliance type, skin irregularity parameter, stoma position parameter, health data, nutritional data, medicine intake data, activity data, gender data, and age data.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of possible actions comprises an action regarding one or more of: skin preparation, base plate preparation, base plate placement, base plate application, ostomy appliance type, base plate type, and user guidance.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the set of digital content on the display comprises displaying the set of digital content on the display in a first application, wherein the first application is an ostomy user application installed on the accessory device.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the set of digital content on the display comprises displaying on the display a notification indicative of the set of digital content.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the set of digital content comprises media content.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
determining the problem comprises comparing the determined one or more moisture pattern types with a default moisture pattern type;
the problem comprises a change in moisture pattern type between the one or more moisture pattern types and the default moisture pattern type; and
the default moisture pattern type is based on monitor data for a previous base plate wear cycle of the user.

15. An accessory device, wherein the accessory device forms part of an ostomy system, the accessory device comprising:
a memory;
a processor operatively connected to the memory; and
an interface operatively connected to the processor and configured to communicate with one or more devices of the ostomy system, the one or more devices comprising a monitor device and/or an ostomy appliance configured to be placed on a skin surface of a user, the ostomy appliance comprising a base plate, wherein the interface is configured to obtain monitor data from the one or more devices, and wherein the interface comprises a display,
wherein the processor is configured to:
determine, based on the monitor data, one or more moisture pattern types and a problem related to the ostomy appliance that corresponds to the one or more moisture pattern types, wherein each moisture pattern type of the one or more moisture pattern types indicates at least one of a moisture pattern direction or a sensing zone of the base plate in which leakage is detected;
identify a candidate action from a plurality of possible actions based on the determined problem that is a remedy to the determined problem;
select a set of digital content based on the identified candidate action; and

wherein the interface is configured to display the set of digital content on the display.

16. The accessory device according to claim 15 , wherein determining one or more moisture pattern types based on the monitor data comprises identifying at least one moisture pattern type based on parameter data.

17. The accessory device according to claim 15 , wherein at least one moisture pattern type of the one or more moisture pattern types indicates a proximity of a stoma to a sensing zone in which leakage is detected.

18. The accessory device of claim 15 , wherein determining the problem based on the monitor data comprises:
generating a set of representative features of the moisture pattern type based on previously determined moisture pattern types;
determining whether one or more features of the determined moisture pattern type satisfy a first problem criterion, wherein the first problem criterion is based on the set of representative features; and
determining the problem as a first problem in accordance with the one or more feat

Assignees

• Coloplast As

Inventors

• Andersen Dan Boegsted
• Stroebech Esben
• Vestergaard Marie Svane Rizk

Classifications

• A61F5/443

  having {adhesive seals for securing to the body, e.g. of} hydrocolloid type seals, e.g. gels, starches, karaya gums · CPC title

• G16H40/63

  for local operation · CPC title

• G16H10/40

  for data related to laboratory analysis, e.g. patient specimen analysis · CPC title

• G16H40/67

  for remote operation · CPC title

• A61F5/445

  Colostomy, {ileostomy or urethrostomy} devices (A61F5/441, A61F5/442, A61F5/443 take precedence) · CPC title