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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
John Buan, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Richard Willems, Big Lake, MN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61M 1/74 (2021.05); A61M 1/75 (2021.05); A61M 1/96 (2021.05); A61F 2013/00174 (2013.01); A61F 2013/00536 (2013.01); A61M 2205/33 (2013.01); A61M 2210/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for providing a negative pressure wherein a pump is cycled on and off to achieve a target negative pressure, which is set slightly lower than the therapeutic negative pressure. A device determines the actual pressure by averaging samples which may occur at a different rate than the pump cycle.