US 12,357,746 B2
Systems and methods for applying reduced pressure therapy
Eric Edward Adams, Pittsboro, NC (US); Kevin Bendele, Fort Worth, TX (US); Aaron Michael Husz, Cary, NC (US); David Edward Lee, Durham, NC (US); Felix Clarence Quintanar, Hull (GB); Lee Michael Rush, Saint Petersberg, FL (US); David Ronald Upton, New Hill, NC (US); and William Jacob Ward, Apex, NC (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/853,139.
Application 16/206,860 is a division of application No. 15/895,953, filed on Feb. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,143,785, issued on Dec. 4, 2018.
Application 17/853,139 is a continuation of application No. 16/206,860, filed on Nov. 30, 2018, granted, now 11,426,509.
Application 15/895,953 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2016/046903, filed on Aug. 12, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/204,660, filed on Aug. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323665 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/96 (2021.05) [A61M 1/60 (2021.05); A61M 1/71 (2021.05); A61M 1/916 (2021.05); A61M 1/984 (2021.05); A61M 1/985 (2021.05); A61M 2205/14 (2013.01); A61M 2205/15 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A negative pressure wound therapy system comprising:
a negative pressure source configured to be coupled to a single wound via a fluid flow path; and
a controller configured to:
detect whether a first type of dressing or a second type of dressing is present in the fluid flow path;
in response to detecting that the first type of dressing is present in the fluid flow path, cause the negative pressure source to provide negative pressure to the wound in accordance with a first mode of operation; and
in response to detecting that the second type of dressing is present in the fluid flow path, cause the negative pressure source to provide negative pressure to the wound in accordance with a second mode of operation.