TWI798025B - Sensing bandage, sensing bandage roll and sensing bandage system - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a sensing bandage, a sensing bandage roll and a sensing bandage system. The sensing bandage comprises: a bandage body, one end of the bandage body being provided with a sensing area, and the other end being provided with a communication area; a sensing unit arranged in the sensing area, the sensing unit including a plurality of scanning antennas, and the radiated energy of each scanning antenna passing through human tissue to generate corresponding scanning signals and physiological signals; and an internal integrated circuit connection port disposed in the communication area, and electrically connected to the sensing unit. The scanning signal and the physiological signal can be transmitted when the internal integrated circuit connection port is electrically connected with an external microcontroller.

Description

Sensing Bandages, Sensing Bandage Rolls and Sensing Bandage Systems

The present invention relates to a bandage, in particular to a sensing bandage, a sensing bandage roll and a sensing bandage system.

Generally speaking, traditional bandages used to dress wounds or affected parts only have protective or immobilizing functions. Wounds that need to be bandaged usually require a longer recovery time. However, there are often many variables in the wound or affected area during the longer bandaged period. .

Therefore, how to provide a bandage that can effectively grasp the actual situation of the wound or affected part is a topic worth thinking about.

In view of the above, the first aspect of the present disclosure provides a sensing bandage, including: a bandage body, one end of the bandage body is provided with a sensing area, and the other end is provided with a communication area; a sensing unit is disposed on The sensing area, the sensing unit includes a plurality of scanning antennas, the radiation energy of each of the scanning antennas passes through human tissue to generate corresponding scanning signals and physiological signals; and an internal integrated circuit (Inter-Integrated Circuit, I ² C) The connection port is arranged in the communication area and electrically connected to the sensing unit, and can transmit the scan signal and the physiological signal when electrically connected to an external microcontroller.

In one embodiment, the sensing bandage further includes: a general purpose input/output bus (General Purpose Input/Output bus, GPIO bus), electrically connected to each of the scanning antennas; and an input/output expansion module (I/O Expander Module), electrically connected to the general-purpose input-output bus; wherein, the internal integrated circuit connection port is electrically connected to the input-output expansion module.

The second aspect of the present disclosure provides a sensing bandage roll, comprising: a plurality of sensing bandages as described in the first aspect, and any two sensing bandages are provided with a partition. Wherein, the sensing bandage further includes: a General Purpose Input/Output bus (GPIO bus), electrically connected to each scanning antenna; an I/O Expander Module, electrically The universal input and output bus is electrically connected; wherein, the internal integrated circuit connection port is electrically connected to the input and output expansion module.

The third aspect of the present disclosure provides a sensing bandage system, comprising: the sensing bandage described in the first aspect, wherein the microcontroller is electrically connected to the internal integrated circuit port, and the microcontroller includes a signal transmission unit, and the signal transmission unit can transmit the scan signal and the physiological signal to the outside; and a signal processing device, which receives the scan signal and the physiological signal, and analyzes the scan signal and the physiological signal, A monitoring information is generated for the affected part wrapped by the sensing bandage. Wherein, the sensing bandage further includes: a General Purpose Input/Output bus (GPIO bus), electrically connected to each scanning antenna; an I/O Expander Module, electrically The universal input and output bus is electrically connected; wherein, the internal integrated circuit connection port is electrically connected to the input and output expansion module.

In one embodiment, the signal transmission unit includes a wireless radio frequency transmission module and a bluetooth transmission module.

In one embodiment, the signal processing device is a smart phone, and communicates with the microcontroller after Bluetooth pairing through the Bluetooth transmission module to receive the scanning signal and the physiological signal.

In one embodiment, the microcontroller can be controlled by an APP in the smart phone.

In one embodiment, the signal processing device is a telemedicine system, and communicates with the microcontroller through the radio frequency transmission module to receive the scan signal and the physiological signal.

In one embodiment, the microcontroller further includes an ARM-based motherboard, and the ARM-based motherboard is electrically connected to the signal transmission unit.

In one embodiment, the Bluetooth transmission module adopts a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology.

1: Sensing Bandage

2: Sensing Bandage Rolls

3: Sensing bandage system

10: Bandage body

20: Sensing unit

20a, 20b, 20c: Antenna

30: Conductive circuit

40: General purpose input and output bus

50: Input and output expansion module

60: Internal integrated circuit port

204: cutting line

302: microcontroller

304: Signal processing device

306: Signal transmission unit

308: Wireless radio frequency transmission module

310:Bluetooth transmission module

314: Motherboard

I: sensing area

II: Communication Area

III: Dressing area

IV: Division

In order to make the above and other purposes, features, advantages and embodiments of the present invention easier to understand, the accompanying drawings are described as follows: FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a sensing bandage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the sensing bandage roll and the sensing bandage according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a sensing bandage system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing the microcontroller structure of the sensing bandage system in one embodiment of the present invention picture.

In accordance with common practice, the various features and elements in the drawings are not drawn to scale, but are drawn in order to best represent the specific features and elements relevant to the invention. In addition, the same or similar reference symbols refer to similar elements and parts in different drawings.

The following disclosure provides different embodiments or examples to implement different features of the provided subject matter. The specific examples of the components and arrangements described below are for the purpose of simplifying the present disclosure, and are not intended to be limiting; the size and shape of the elements are not limited by the disclosed range or numerical values, but may depend on the process conditions or required requirements of the elements. characteristic. For example, the technical features of the present invention are described using sectional views, which are schematic diagrams of idealized embodiments. Thus, variations in the shapes shown as a result of manufacturing processes and/or tolerances are foreseeable and should not be limiting.

Furthermore, spatially relative terms, such as "below", "below", "below", "above" and "above" are for the purpose of easily describing the Relationships between elements or features are depicted; in addition, spatially relative terms include different orientations of elements in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the illustration.

First, please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a sensing bandage according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the sensing bandage roll and the sensing bandage according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the sensing bandage 1 includes a bandage body 10, a sensing unit 20, a conductive circuit 30, a general purpose input/output bus (GPIO bus) 40, an input/output expansion An I/O Expander Module 50 and an Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) connection port 60 . It should be noted here that the Inter-Integrated Circuit (I ² C) is also called an integrated bus circuit (I ² C Bus).

As shown in Figure 2, in the embodiment of the present invention, from the appearance of the sensing bandage 1, one end of the bandage body 10 is provided with a sensing area I, and the other end is provided with a communication area II, and the middle is a dressing area III. The length of the bandage body 10 is the sum of the lengths of the sensing area I, the communication area II and the dressing area III, for example, 100 cm. In addition, the length of the sensing region I is, for example, 5 cm. As shown in Figure 2, it should be noted here that the sense The measuring bandage roll 2 is composed of a plurality of sensing bandages 1. The internal structure of each sensing bandage 1 is shown in FIG. There is a partition IV between adjacent sensing bandages 1 . As shown in FIG. 2 , in the embodiment of the present invention, a cutting line 204 can be preset in the dividing portion IV, so as to facilitate the user to separate the adjacent bandage bodies 10 .

Please refer to FIG. 1 again. In an embodiment of the present invention, the sensing unit 20 includes antennas 20a, 20b, and 20c, which can be arranged in the sensing area I in an array. The general-purpose input-output bus 40 , the input-output expansion module 50 and the inter-integrated circuit connection port 60 are arranged in the communication area II. The conductive circuit 30 is mostly distributed in the wrapping area III, and is electrically connected to the electronic components in the sensing area I and the communication area II respectively. In the embodiment of the present invention, the universal input/output busbar 40 is electrically connected to the antennas 20 a , 20 b , and 20 c through the conductive circuit 30 . The antennas 20a, 20b, and 20c use appropriate radiant energy to scan and measure through human tissue, so as to generate corresponding scanning signals and physiological signals. In addition, the I/O expansion module 50 is electrically connected to the universal I/O bus 40 , and the IIC connection port 60 is electrically connected to the I/O expansion module 50 .

As shown in FIG. 1 , the IIC connection port 60 is disposed in the communication area II, and is electrically connected to the sensing unit 20 through the I/O expansion module 50 , the general-purpose I/O bus 40 and the conductive circuit 30 . When the internal integrated circuit connection port 60 is electrically connected with an external microcontroller 302 (as shown in FIG. 3 ), scanning signals and physiological signals can be transmitted.

Next, please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic diagram of a sensing bandage system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3 , the sensing bandage system 3 includes a sensing bandage 1 , a microcontroller 302 and a signal processing device 304 .

In addition, please refer to FIG. 4 . FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram illustrating the structure of the microcontroller of the sensing bandage system in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4 , the microcontroller 302 in FIG. 3 has a motherboard 314 and a signal transmission unit 306 , and the signal transmission unit 306 includes a radio frequency transmission module 308 and a Bluetooth transmission module 310 . In an embodiment of the present invention, the motherboard 314 may be an ARM-based motherboard, And it is electrically connected to the signal transmission unit 306 , further, it is electrically connected to the wireless radio frequency transmission module 308 and a Bluetooth transmission module 310 . In an embodiment of the present invention, the Bluetooth transmission module 310 adopts a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology.

Please refer to FIG. 3 again. In an embodiment of the present invention, the microcontroller 302 is electrically connected to the IIC connection port 60 . The microcontroller 302 transmits the scan signal and the physiological signal to the external signal processing device 304 by using the included signal transmission unit 306 . After receiving the scanning signal and the physiological signal, the signal processing device 304 analyzes the scanning signal and the physiological signal, and generates monitoring information for the affected part wrapped by the sensing bandage 1 . In detail, in one embodiment of the present invention, the signal processing device 304 is, for example, a smart phone, which can communicate with the microcontroller 302 through the Bluetooth transmission module 310 after Bluetooth pairing to receive scan signals and physiological signals. . Moreover, the microcontroller 302 can be controlled by an APP in the smart phone. That is to say, when the signal processing device 304 is a smart phone, an APP in the phone can be used as the control center to drive the microcontroller 302 to scan the wound or the affected part through the Bluetooth low power consumption technology.

In addition, in other embodiments of the present invention, the signal processing device 304 is a telemedicine system, which can communicate with the microcontroller 302 through the radio frequency transmission module 308 to receive scanning signals and physiological signals.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the microcontroller 302 can be used repeatedly, while the sensing bandage 1 is disposable. In use, an appropriate length can be selected to separate adjacent sensing bandages 1 from the cutting line 204 . Wherein, the sensing area I is aimed at the wound or the affected part, so that the antennas 20a, 20b, 20c are used to scan the wound or the affected part and measure physiological signals; the bandaging area III is used for bandaging. The internal integrated circuit connection port 60 of the communication area II is used to electrically connect the microcontroller 302 to communicate with a smart phone or a telemedicine system and transmit scanning signals and physiological signals.

The above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention and not to limit them. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that they can Modifications or equivalent replacements are made to the technical solutions of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the present invention.

1: Sensing Bandage

10: Bandage body

20: Sensing unit

20a, 20b, 20c: Antenna

30: Conductive circuit

40: General purpose input and output bus

50: Input and output expansion module

60: Internal integrated circuit port

I: sensing area

II: Communication Area

III: Dressing area

Claims (9)

A sensing bandage, comprising: a bandage body, one end of the bandage body is provided with a sensing area, and the other end is provided with a communication area; a sensing unit is arranged in the sensing area, and the sensing unit includes a plurality of scanning Antennas, the radiated energy of each scanning antenna passes through human tissue to generate corresponding scanning signals and physiological signals; an internal integrated circuit (Inter-Integrated Circuit, I ² C) connection port is arranged in the communication area and electrically connected The sensing unit can transmit the scan signal and the physiological signal when electrically connected to an external microcontroller; a general purpose input/output bus (GPIO bus) is electrically connected to each scan an antenna; and an I/O Expander Module electrically connected to the universal I/O bus; wherein, the IIC connection port is electrically connected to the I/O Expander Module. A sensing bandage roll, comprising: a plurality of sensing bandages as described in Claim 1, and any two of the sensing bandages are provided with a partition. A sensing bandage system, comprising: the sensing bandage as described in claim 1, wherein the microcontroller is electrically connected to the internal integrated circuit port, and the microcontroller includes a signal transmission unit, and the signal transmission unit The scan signal and the physiological signal can be transmitted to the outside world; and a signal processing device receives the scan signal and the physiological signal, and analyzes the scan signal and the physiological signal, and the affected part wrapped by the sensing bandage Generate monitoring information. The sensing bandage system according to claim 3, wherein the signal transmission unit includes a wireless radio frequency transmission module and a bluetooth transmission module. The sensing bandage system as described in claim 4, wherein the signal processing device is a smart phone, communicates with the microcontroller after Bluetooth pairing through the Bluetooth transmission module, to receive the scanning signal and the physiological signal. The sensing bandage system as described in claim 5, wherein the microcontroller can be controlled by an APP in the smart phone. The sensing bandage system as described in claim 4, wherein the signal processing device is a telemedicine system, and communicates with the microcontroller through the wireless radio frequency transmission module to receive the scan signal and the physiological signal. The sensing bandage system as described in claim 3, wherein the microcontroller further includes an ARM-based motherboard, and the ARM-based motherboard is electrically connected to the signal transmission unit. The sensing bandage system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the Bluetooth transmission module adopts a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology.

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