Negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and methods for using the same
Ben Alan Askem, Leeds (GB); Anthony Jonathan Bedford, Cambridge (GB); Kevin Bendele, Fort Worth, TX (US); Ali Khishdoost Borazjani, Hull (GB); Nicola Brandolini, Ravenna (IT); Ian Charles Culverhouse, Bristol (GB); Otteh Edubio, Hull (GB); James Maxwell Eelbeck, Bristol (GB); Matt Ekman, Hull (GB); Matthew Keith Fordham, Saffron Walden (GB); Philip Gowans, Rawcliffe (GB); Michael James Hayers, Kingston upon Hull (GB); Mark Richard Hesketh, Royston (GB); James Daniel Homes, Bristol (GB); Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt, Beverley (GB); Mark Edward Jones, St Neots (GB); William Kelbie, Inverness (GB); Reece Knight, Kingston upon Hull (GB); David Mcleod, Bristol (GB); Nisha Mistry, Dubai (AE); Samuel John Mortimer, Kingston upon Hull (GB); Fatoona Mosa, Hull (GB); Matthew Murphy, Dubai (AE); Michael Paton, Royston (GB); Neil Harry Patrick, Hull (GB); Louis della-Porta, Hull (GB); Felix Clarence Quintanar, Hull (GB); Lee Michael Rush, St. Petersburg, FL (US); Carl Dean Saxby, Brough (GB); Daniel Lee Steward, Kingston upon Hull (GB); Catherine Thaddeus, Scunthorpe (GB); Simon Tyson, Singapore (SG); David Ronald Upton, New Hill, NC (US); William Jacob Ward, Apex, NC (US); Nicholas Warrington, Hauxton (GB); and Hannah Bailey Weedon, Hull (GB)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed by Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited, Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/871,868.
Application 17/871,868 is a division of application No. 16/486,131, granted, now 11,395,870, previously published as PCT/IB2018/000229, filed on Feb. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/584,053, filed on Nov. 9, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,528, filed on Feb. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,525, filed on Feb. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,511, filed on Feb. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,537, filed on Feb. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/459,524, filed on Feb. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379002 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
1. A method of operating a negative pressure wound therapy apparatus, the method comprising:
in response to a canister or a wound dressing without a separate canister being fluidically connected to a connector port of a negative pressure source:
based on detecting activation of a plurality of switches disposed at the connector port, determining whether the canister or the wound dressing without the separate canister is connected to the connector port; and
adjusting provision of negative pressure from the negative pressure source based on the determination;
wherein the method is performed under control of a controller.
