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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Kci Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Christopher Brian Locke, Bournemouth, GB;
Jonathan Paul Jaeb, Boerne, TX (US);
Aidan Marcus Tout, Alderbury, GB;
KCI Licensing, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
Reduced-pressure canisters and methods for recycling are disclosed. In one instance, a method for performing multiple reduced pressure treatments on one or more patients includes providing a reduced-pressure treatment system that includes a first canister body, a fluid reservoir, and one or more modules, such as a pump control module. The method involves using the reduced-pressure system and then removing one or more modules and placing the one or more modules in fitted shipping receptacle that disallows shipping of the fluid reservoir. The one or more modules may be reconditioned and coupled to a second canister body. Other systems and methods are disclosed.