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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
May. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alan Wayne Henley, Knoxville, TN (US);
Robert Petrosenko, Batesville, IN (US);
James Robert Risk, Jr., Fountaintown, IN (US);
Ronald Leslie Sanderson, Charleston, SC (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 ; A61F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 ; A61F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A control system for use with a vacuum bandage over a wound includes a vacuum pump, a waste canister operably coupled to the pump, and a fluid source. The canister is coupled to the bandage such that, when a vacuum is applied to the canister, the vacuum is applied to the bandage. The fluid source is coupled to the bandage to selectively introduce fluid into the wound.