US 12,002,566 B2
Attachment system for mounting apparatus
Kealoha Young Deutsch, Odessa, FL (US); William W. Gregory, Gainesville, FL (US); Kory A. Gunnerson, Cincinnati, OH (US); Kathryn Ann Leigh, Saint Petersburg, FL (US); Andrew P. Muser, Saint Pete Beach, FL (US); and Karl W. Vanderbeek, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/447,509.
Application 16/447,509 is a continuation of application No. 14/775,339, granted, now 10,328,188, previously published as PCT/US2014/026692, filed on Mar. 13, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/860,809, filed on Jul. 31, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/785,384, filed on Mar. 14, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2019/0328943 A1, Oct. 31, 2019
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); G16H 20/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 20/40 (2018.01) [A61M 1/732 (2021.05); A61M 1/74 (2021.05); A61M 1/96 (2021.05); A61M 1/98 (2021.05); F16M 11/04 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); A61M 1/982 (2021.05); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2209/08 (2013.01); A61M 2209/082 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment system for mounting a negative pressure wound therapy pump, the attachment system comprising:
a cradle comprising a back portion, a first side portion extending away from the back portion in a first direction, and a second side portion extending away from the back portion in the first direction, the cradle being configured to receive a negative pressure wound therapy pump between at least the first side portion and the second side portion;
a first recess formed in the first side portion, the first recess comprising an open upper portion configured to slidably receive a first portion of the negative pressure wound therapy pump therein from above the first recess;
a second recess formed in the second side portion, the second recess comprising an open upper portion configured to slidably receive a second portion of the negative pressure wound therapy pump therein from above the second recess;
a clamp support projection extending away from the back portion of the cradle;
a first clamp arm coupled with the cradle; and
a second clamp arm configured to move along the clamp support projection relative to the first clamp arm between a clamped position and an unclamped position, the first clamp arm and the second clamp arm being configured to attach the cradle to a structure when the second clamp arm is in the clamped position;
wherein:
the open upper portion of the first recess is configured to receive the first portion of the negative pressure wound therapy pump therein from above the cradle when the cradle is in an operable position by at least lowering the first portion of the negative pressure wound therapy pump in a downward direction into the first recess;
the first recess formed in the first side portion has a wall portion that is configured to overlap with and block the first portion of the negative pressure wound therapy pump engaged with the first recess from moving in the first direction;
the open upper portion of the second recess is configured to receive the second portion of the negative pressure wound therapy pump therein from above the cradle when the cradle is in an operable position by at least lowering the second portion of the negative pressure wound therapy pump in a downward direction into the second recess; and
the second recess formed in the second side portion has a wall portion that is configured to overlap with and block the second portion of the negative pressure wound therapy pump engaged with the second recess from moving in the first direction.