Tools and methods for placing a medical appliance on a user

A method for operating an accessory device to guide the placement of an ostomy appliance on a user having a stoma. The method can include capturing an image or a sequence of images of the user applying the ostomy appliance to the user's body, processing the captured image or sequence of images,...

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Hauptverfasser: Hansen, Jais Ask, Soerensen, Peter Flintholm, Hvid, Niels, Daugaard-Jensen, Daniel Gewecke, Andersen, Niels Kristian Mäkinen, Andersen, Dan Boegsted
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method for operating an accessory device to guide the placement of an ostomy appliance on a user having a stoma. The method can include capturing an image or a sequence of images of the user applying the ostomy appliance to the user's body, processing the captured image or sequence of images, including: identifying a location of the stoma in one or more of the captured image or sequence of images, identifying a location of the ostomy appliance in one or more of the captured image or sequence of images, and generating location indicia representative of the location of the ostomy appliance with respect to the stoma in one or more of the captured image or sequence of images. A visual display including the location indicia associated with one or more of the captured image or sequence of images can be provided.