US 12,458,786 B2
Fluid communication path
Neill Philip Bannister, York (GB); Edward Yerbury Hartwell, Hull (GB); Iain Michael Blackburn, Cottingham (GB); Andrew Linton, York (GB); Mark White, Doncaster (GB); and Tim Stern, Belper (GB)
Filed by Smith & Nephew PLC, Watford (GB)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/694,837.
Application 15/055,084 is a division of application No. 13/201,611, granted, now 9,302,032, issued on Apr. 5, 2016, previously published as PCT/GB2010/050259, filed on Feb. 17, 2010.
Application 16/694,837 is a continuation of application No. 15/055,084, filed on Feb. 26, 2016, granted, now 10,485,905.
Claims priority of application No. 0902816 (GB), filed on Feb. 19, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2020/0086016 A1, Mar. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61M 39/10 (2006.01); A61M 25/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/0247 (2013.01) [A61M 1/85 (2021.05); A61M 1/912 (2021.05); A61M 1/92 (2021.05); A61M 1/964 (2021.05); A61M 39/10 (2013.01); A61M 39/1055 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0266 (2013.01); A61M 2039/1033 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A negative pressure wound therapy apparatus comprising:
a body configured to be positioned at a wound facing side of a drape,
a connector configured to be at least partially positioned at a non-wound facing side of the drape opposite the wound facing side, the connector comprising:
a snap fit element for attaching the connector to the body; and
a passageway configured to be fluidically connected to a negative pressure source;
wherein the body and the connector are configured to be attached to each other with the drape positioned therebetween,
wherein the snap fit element of the connector is configured to be attached to the body by pushing the connector towards the body in a direction that is substantially parallel to a wound site, and
wherein the passageway of the connector is configured to provide negative pressure to the wound site under the drape through the body when the body and the connector are attached to each other.