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Wound treatment apparatus

  • US 6,800,074 B2
  • Filed: 05/06/2002
  • Issued: 10/05/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. For use with a bandage of the type which covers a wound and within which a vacuum is formed in a space above the wound, a wound treatment apparatus comprising:

  • a control system;

    a vacuum pump;

    a waste canister configured to be operably coupled to the pump;

    a fluid source including a syringe configured to be coupled to the control system and having a plunger;

    a drive associated with the fluid source, the drive being configured to drive the plunger to expel fluid from the syringe; and

    a connector allowing operation of the control system when the syringe is coupled to the control system, and suspending operation of the control system when the syringe is removed from the control system.

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