Negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and methods for using the same

• Main Authors: Culverhouse, Ian Charles, Eelbeck, James Maxwell, Mortimer, Samuel John, Edubio, Otteh, Warrington, Nicholas, Patrick, Neil Harry, Bedford, Anthony Jonathan, Hunt, Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon, Brandolini, Nicola, Jones, Mark Edward, Quintanar, Felix Clarence, Murphy, Matthew, Weedon, Hannah Bailey, Bendele, Kevin, Borazjani, Ali Khishdoost, Homes, James Daniel, Kelbie, William, Gowans, Philip, Hayers, Michael James, Tyson, Simon, Mcleod, David, Ekman, Matt, Upton, David Ronald, Fordham, Matthew Keith, Saxby, Carl Dean, Steward, Daniel Lee, Rush, Lee Michael, Ward, William Jacob, Mistry, Nisha, Thaddeus, Catherine, Paton, Michael, Askem, Ben Alan, della-Porta, Louis, Mosa, Fatoona, Hesketh, Mark Richard, Knight, Reece
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.08.2024
• 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

Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems, apparatuses, and methods for operating the systems and apparatuses are disclosed. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a negative pressure source, a connector port, at least one switch, and a controller. The negative pressure source is connected through the connector port to either (i) a wound dressing having a canister configured to store fluid aspirated from the wound or (ii) a wound dressing without a canister between the connector port and the wound dressing. The controller determines, based on a signal received from the at least one switch, whether the canister is positioned in the fluid flow path and adjusts one or more operational parameters of negative pressure wound therapy based on the determination. The switch is activated by the connection of either the canister or canisterless wound dressing to the apparatus.