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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2018
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Ben Alan Askem, Leeds, GB;
Anthony Jonathan Bedford, Cambridge, GB;
Kevin Bendele, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Ali Khishdoost Borazjani, Hull, GB;
Nicola Brandolini, Beverley, GB;
Ian Charles Culverhouse, Bristol, GB;
Otteh Edubio, Hull, GB;
James Maxwell Eelbeck, Bristol, GB;
Matt Ekman, Hull, GB;
Matthew Keith Fordham, Saffron Walden, GB;
Philip Gowans, Rawcliffe, GB;
Michael James Hayers, Kingston upon Hull, GB;
Mark Richard Hesketh, Sandy, GB;
James Daniel Homes, Bristol, GB;
Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Beverley, GB;
Mark Edward Jones, St Neots, GB;
William Kelbie, Inverness, GB;
Reece Knight, Kingston upon Hull, GB;
David Mcleod, Bristol, GB;
Nisha Mistry, Dubai, AE;
Samuel John Mortimer, Kingston upon Hull, GB;
Fatoona Mosa, Hull, GB;
Matthew Murphy, Dubai, AE;
Michael Paton, Royston, GB;
Neil Harry Patrick, Hull, GB;
Louis della-Porta, Hull, GB;
Felix Clarence Quintanar, Hull, GB;
Lee Michael Rush, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Carl Dean Saxby, Kingston upon Hull, GB;
Hannah Bailey Sidebottom, Lincoln, GB;
Daniel Lee Steward, Kingston upon Hull, GB;
Catherine Thaddeus, Scunthorpe, GB;
Simon Tyson, Singapore, SG;
David Ronald Upton, New Hill, NC (US);
William Jacob Ward, Apex, NC (US);
Nicholas Warrington, Cambridge, GB;
Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
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.