COMBINED SOLUTION PUMP AND STORAGE SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A REDUCED-PRESSURE TREATMENT SYSTEM

• US 20140163487A1
• Filed: 11/22/2013
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Solventum Intellectual Properties Company (Solventum Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aidan Tout, Kenneth Smith
• Inventors: TOUT, AIDAN, SMITH, KENNETH, LAWHORN, THOMAS
• Granted Patent: US 10,232,155 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/305
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/72 Cassettes forming partially or totally the fluid circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/85 with gas or fluid supply means, e.g. for supplying rinsing fluids or anticoagulants for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/92, A61M1/94; combined with tracheal tubes A61M16/0463; dental instruments with combined rinsing and aspirating A61C17/0208
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/916 specially adapted for deep wounds
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/92 with liquid supply means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/96 Suction control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/12 with interchangeable cassettes forming partially or totally the fluid circuit
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/14 Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/332 Force measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3375 Acoustical, e.g. ultrasonic, measuring means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6045 having complementary physical shapes for indexing or registration purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 3/0201 Cassettes therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 3/0202 with electronic control means or interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 3/022 Volume; Flow rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 3/0258 by means of electric pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 3/0266 Stands, holders or storage means for irrigation devices containers with storage means for cannula A61M3/0245

Abstract

A therapy device for instillation of fluid to a tissue site is described. The therapy device includes a base having a cartridge receptacle and a support coupled to the base to secure the base to a pole. The therapy device also includes a cartridge configured to engage the base when positioned in the cartridge receptacle. The therapy device also includes a pump head disposed within the cartridge receptacle and configured to engage the cartridge for movement of fluid. The cartridge includes a body forming at least a portion of a fluid reservoir and a tube segment coupled to the body and in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir. The tube segment is configured to engage the pump head.

Claims

1. A therapy device for instillation of fluid to a tissue site, the therapy device comprising:

a base having a cartridge receptacle;

a support coupled to the base to secure the base to a pole;

a cartridge configured to engage the base when positioned in the cartridge receptacle; and

a pump head disposed within the cartridge receptacle and configured to engage the cartridge for movement of fluid.

2. The therapy device of claim 1, wherein the cartridge further comprises:

a body forming at least a portion of a fluid reservoir; and

a tube segment coupled to the body and in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, the tube segment configured to engage the pump head.

3. The therapy device of claim 2, further comprising a fill port fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir and configured to receive fluid.

4. The therapy device of claim 2, further comprising a fill port fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir and configured to receive fluid;

and

a heat seal coupled to the fill port.

5. The therapy device of claim 2, further comprising:

a load cell segment fluidly coupled to the tube segment between an end of the tube segment and the fluid reservoir; and

a sensor coupled to the base and configured to communicatively couple to the load cell segment if the cartridge is disposed in the cartridge receptacle.

6. The therapy device of claim 2, further comprising:

an ultra-sonic inspection segment fluidly coupled to the tube segment between an end of the tube segment and the tissue site; and

a sensor coupled to the base and configured to communicatively couple to the ultra-sonic inspection segment if the cartridge is disposed in the cartridge receptacle.

7. The therapy device of claim 2, wherein the body comprises a lid configured to form at least a portion of the fluid reservoir.

8. The therapy device of claim 2, wherein the body comprises a lid configured to form at least a portion of the fluid reservoir, and the lid has a recess configured to receive at least a portion of the tube segment and the pump head.

9. The therapy device of claim 2, wherein the body has an ovoid-shape with a rounded end and a flattened end opposite the rounded end.

10. The therapy device of claim 2, wherein the body has an ovoid-shape with a rounded end and a flattened end opposite the rounded end, the body having at least one notch proximate to the flattened end.

11. The therapy device of claim 2, wherein the body comprises a raceway and the tube segment comprises a tube suspended across the raceway.

12. The therapy device of claim 2, wherein the body comprises a semicircular raceway, and the tube segment comprises a tube suspended across the raceway.

13. The therapy device of claim 1, wherein the cartridge further comprises:

a carrier having a base housing and a tube housing;

a tube segment disposed in the tube housing; and

a fluid container having a port configured to engage the base housing to fluidly couple the fluid container to the tube segment.

14. The therapy device of claim 12, wherein the base housing further comprises:

a rectangularly-shaped body having a receptacle disposed in an upper surface; and

a venting spike disposed in the receptacle.

15. The therapy device of claim 14, wherein the venting spike is fluidly coupled to the tube segment.

16. The therapy device of claim 14, wherein:

the venting spike is fluidly coupled to an ambient air pressure; and

the receptacle includes a fluid passage in fluid communication with the tube segment.

17. The therapy device of claim 1, further comprising an interactive panel coupled to the base and operatively coupled to the pump head for operation thereof.

18. A solution cartridge for an instillation therapy device, the solution cartridge comprising:

a body forming at least a portion of a fluid reservoir;

a fill port fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir and configured to receive fluid;

a heat seal coupled to the fill port; and

a tube segment coupled to the body and in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, the tube segment configured to engage a pump head of a therapy device for movement of fluid from the fluid reservoir.

19. The solution cartridge of claim 18, further comprising a load cell segment fluidly coupled to the tube segment between the tube segment and the fluid reservoir.

20. The solution cartridge of claim 18, further comprising an ultra-sonic inspection segment fluidly coupled to the tube segment between the tube segment and a tissue site.

21. The solution cartridge of claim 18, wherein the body comprises a lid configured to form at least a portion of a fluid reservoir.

22. The solution cartridge of claim 18, wherein the body comprises a lid configured to form at least a portion of a fluid reservoir, and the lid has a recess configured to receive at least a portion of the tube segment and a pump head of the therapy device.

23. A solution cartridge for an instillation therapy device, the solution cartridge comprising:

a body forming at least a portion of a fluid reservoir, the body having an ovoid-shape with a rounded end and a flattened end opposite the rounded end;

a fill port fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir and configured to receive fluid;

a cap coupled to the fill port; and

a tube segment coupled to the body and in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir, the tube segment configured to engage a pump head of a therapy device for movement of fluid from the fluid reservoir.

24. The solution cartridge of claim 23, wherein the body has at least one notch proximate to the flattened.

25. The solution cartridge of claim 23, wherein the body comprises a raceway and the tube segment comprises a tube suspended across the raceway.

26. The solution cartridge of claim 23, wherein the body comprises a semicircular raceway, and the tube segment comprises a tube suspended across the raceway.

27. The solution cartridge of claim 23, further comprising a load cell segment fluidly coupled to the tube segment between the tube segment and the fluid reservoir.

28. The solution cartridge of claim 23, further comprising an ultra-sonic inspection segment fluidly coupled to the tube segment between the tube segment and a tissue site.

29. A solution cartridge for an instillation therapy device, the solution cartridge comprising:

a carrier having a base housing and a tube housing;

a fluid container having a port configured to engage the base housing; and

a tube segment disposed in the tube housing and coupled to the carrier, the tube segment configured to be in fluid communication with the fluid container and to engage a pump head of a therapy device for movement of fluid from the fluid container.

30. The solution cartridge of claim 29, wherein the base housing further comprises:

a rectangular body having a receptacle disposed in an upper surface; and

a venting spike disposed in the receptacle.

31. The solution cartridge of claim 30, wherein the venting spike is fluidly coupled to the tube segment.

32. The solution cartridge of claim 30, wherein:

the venting spike is fluidly coupled to an ambient air pressure; and

the receptacle includes a fluid passage in fluid communication with the tube segment.

33. The solution cartridge of claim 29, further comprising a load cell segment fluidly coupled to the tube segment between the tube segment and the fluid container.

34. The solution cartridge of claim 29, further comprising an ultra-sonic inspection segment fluidly coupled to the tube segment between the tube segment and a tissue site.

35. A therapy device for treating a tissue site, the therapy device comprising:

a solution cartridge comprising a fluid reservoir, a raceway, and a tube suspended across the raceway;

a cartridge receptacle adapted to receive the solution cartridge; and

a rotary-delivery pump head disposed within the cartridge receptacle, the rotary-delivery pump head having a circumferential edge and lobes coupled to the circumferential edge;

wherein the circumferential edge is adapted to press the tube into the raceway and the lobes are adapted to cyclically engage the tube in the raceway.

36. The therapy device of claim 35, further comprising a dressing fluidly coupled to the tube.

37. The therapy device of claim 35, further comprising a reduced-pressure source and a dressing, wherein the dressing is fluidly coupled to the reduced-pressure source and the tube.

38. The therapy device of claim 35, further comprising a fill port fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir and configured to receive fluid.

39. The therapy device of claim 35, further comprising a port fluidly coupling a bottom portion of the fluid reservoir to the tube.

40. The therapy device of claim 35, wherein the therapy device is configured to provided reduced pressure to the tissue site.

41. (canceled)