Apparatuses and methods for negative pressure wound therapy

• Main Authors: BLACKBURN IAIN MICHAEL, KEITH-LUCAS DARWIN, NELSEN DAN, BEAUDOIN KEN, GIANELIS STEPHEN, SALAME MICHAEL, LINTON ANDREW, ALBERT SEAN, BUSSONE PHIL, ARMSTRONG ED, EWASCHUK MIKE, GODDARD ANDREW, WHITE MARK, GORDON JOSEPH, GUARRAIA MARK, STERN TIM, JOHNSON TIM, CRAWFORD BRENDAN, EMMERSON ROBERT
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 07.11.2012
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

Disclosed herein are several embodiments of a negative pressure appliance and methods of using the same in the treatment of wounds. Some embodiments are directed to improved fluidic connectors or suction adapters for connecting to a wound site, for example using softer, kink-free conformable suction adapters.