US 12,127,919 B2
Negative pressure wound treatment apparatuses and methods with integrated electronics
Victoria Beadle, Hull (GB); Mark Hesketh, Royston (GB); William Kelbie, Inverness (GB); Damyn Musgrave, Cottenham (GB); Joseph William Robinson, Papworth Everard (GB); and Daniel Steward, Hull (GB)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford (GB)
Filed by Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford (GB)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/096,937.
Application 18/096,937 is a continuation of application No. 16/338,400, granted, now 11,564,847, previously published as PCT/EP2017/074764, filed on Sep. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/558,263, filed on Sep. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/402,551, filed on Sep. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0248578 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/05 (2024.01); A61F 13/00 (2024.01); A61F 13/0203 (2024.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/0246 (2024.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61F 13/05 (2024.01) [A61F 13/022 (2013.01); A61M 1/962 (2021.05); A61F 2013/00174 (2013.01); A61F 13/0253 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wound dressing apparatus comprising:
a wound dressing, the wound dressing comprising a cover layer configured to cover and form a seal over a wound; and
an electronics unit comprising a negative pressure source and a negative pressure source exhaust, wherein the negative pressure source exhaust comprises a component formed to fit around an outlet side of the negative pressure source, wherein the negative pressure source exhaust is attached to an outlet of the negative pressure source and extends to an upper surface of the electronics unit, wherein the electronics unit is configured to be positioned within the wound dressing;
wherein the cover layer comprises an aperture over the negative pressure source exhaust configured to allow the negative pressure source to exhaust through the aperture in the cover layer.