Context
The need to obtain imaging of chronic wounds covered for the benefit of telemedicine is partially satisfied by the use of mainstream devices.
These devices such as tablets, mobile phones or digital cameras have limited capacities considering that many pictures that are sent to specialists are only partially exploitable: blurry images, with low colour rendering or insufficient lighting that make it impossible for the skin oxygen-saturation level to be measured, altough this diagnostic parameter is recommended by international consensuses of diagnostic management of chronic wounds.
Description
This innovative plan is a medical device specifically designed for teleconsultation and tele-expertise practice from home or nursing home dedicated to patients diagnosed with chronic wounds.
This non-contact imaging device includes optimised lighting to emphasise colours relevant in clinical dermatology and offers various visualisation modes: white light mode to obtain morphological information and “cutaneous saturation in oxygen” for functional information in relation to the cutaneous oxygenation level.
Competitive advantages
- Portable device connected to a laptop computer using a single cable which enables the device to be powered and the obtained images (pictures or videos) to be saved and processed.
- Acquisition of images with optimised colour rendering and resolution (surpassing the performances of mainstream devices currently used such as mobile phones or tablets).
- Rapid measurement of cutaneous saturation in oxygen (one minute).
Markets and applications
- Telemedicine
- Teledermatology
Development stage
Pending clinical approval: the IMOXy clinical trial which started in March 2022 aims to compare the measurements of cutaneous saturation in oxygen carried out by the IPAM device with those undertaken by the current device used in routine clinical practice, although rarely made use of since it is considered to be too bulky, expensive and time-consuming.
Research team
CRAN – Université de Lorraine – CNRS
Intellectual property
Patent: “Dispositif medical sans fil d’acquisition de vidéos cutanées bimodalité avec contrôle lumineux” (Wireless medical device for acquiring bimodal skin videos with light control), priority right in France, No. FR1654409. Date of registration: 18/05/2016.
Contact
Thomas BLUM
Business Developer
+33 (0)3 80 40 34 26
thomas.blum@sayens.fr
