Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reduced pressure therapy apparatuses and methods of using same
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Application No.: US17748812Application Date: 2022-05-19
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Publication No.: US11648342B2Publication Date: 2023-05-16
- Inventor: Julie Allen , Sarah Jenny Collinson , Edward Yerbury Hartwell , Derek Nicolini
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew PLC
- Applicant Address: GB Watford
- Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
- Current Assignee: Smith & Nephew PLC
- Current Assignee Address: GB Watford
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: A61M27/00
- IPC: A61M27/00 ; A61M1/00 ; A61M39/00 ; A61M39/04 ; A61M39/22 ; A61M39/26 ; A61M39/28

Abstract:
Some embodiments comprise a pump assembly for reduced pressure wound therapy, comprising a housing, a flow pathway through the pump, one or more valves in communication with the flow pathway, a pump supported within or by the housing, and a one-way flow valve in fluid communication with the pump. The pump assembly can have a pressure sensor in communication with the flow pathway through the pump, and at least one switch or button supported by the housing, the at least one switch or button being accessible to a user and being in communication with the controller. The one-way flow valve can be configured to substantially prevent a flow of gas through the one-way flow valve in a direction of flow away from the pump. The pump assembly can have a controller supported within or by the housing, the controller being configured to control an operation of the pump. The pump has been sterilized following the assembly of the pump such that an inside and an outside of the housing, the flow pathway, the one or more valves, the pump, the controller, the battery compartment, and the at least one switch or button have been sterilized.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220273859A1 REDUCED PRESSURE THERAPY APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF USING SAME Public/Granted day:2022-09-01
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