US 12,138,379 B2
Reduced-pressure, multi-orientation, liquid-collection canister
Kevin W. Bendele, Oldsmar, FL (US); and Kenneth R. Smith, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed by Solventum Intellectual Properties Company, Maplewood, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/501,615.
Application 17/501,615 is a continuation of application No. 15/729,446, filed on Oct. 10, 2017, granted, now 11,173,236.
Application 15/729,446 is a continuation of application No. 14/321,598, filed on Jul. 1, 2014, granted, now 9,814,806, issued on Nov. 14, 2017.
Application 14/321,598 is a continuation of application No. 13/728,538, filed on Dec. 27, 2012, granted, now 8,801,686, issued on Aug. 12, 2014.
Application 13/728,538 is a continuation of application No. 12/973,623, filed on Dec. 20, 2010, granted, now 8,377,018, issued on Feb. 19, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/289,938, filed on Dec. 23, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0062525 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/784 (2021.05) [A61M 1/60 (2021.05); A61M 1/98 (2021.05); A61M 1/92 (2021.05); A61M 2205/21 (2013.01); A61M 2205/7536 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid-collection canister for collecting liquid from a tissue site to which reduced pressure treatment is applied, the canister comprising:
a plurality of walls defining a liquid collection chamber configured to contact the liquid from the tissue site;
a first fluid pathway formed within a first wall of the plurality of walls;
a second fluid pathway formed within a second wall of the plurality of walls;
a first aperture disposed in the first wall and fluidly coupling the first fluid pathway and the liquid collection chamber; and
a second aperture disposed in the second wall and fluidly coupling the second fluid pathway and the liquid collection chamber.