Systems, Devices, And Methods For Identifying Portions Of A Wound Filler Left At A Tissue Site

Methods for treating a wound include positioning a wound filler having a coating agent containing a fluorescent material proximate the wound. The wound filler is removed after a time period. The wound is then scanned using a fluorescence scanner to determine whether a portion of the wound filler rem...

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Hauptverfasser: JAEB, Jonathan Paul, LOCKE, Christopher Brian, ROBINSON, Timothy Mark
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Zusammenfassung:Methods for treating a wound include positioning a wound filler having a coating agent containing a fluorescent material proximate the wound. The wound filler is removed after a time period. The wound is then scanned using a fluorescence scanner to determine whether a portion of the wound filler remains at the wound. In response to the portion of the wound filler remaining at the wound, the portion of the wound filler is removed. Other methods and systems are presented.