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Subatmospheric pressure mechanism for wound therapy system

  • US 8,007,481 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2008
  • Issued: 08/30/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with healing a surgical wound, which comprises:

  • a wound dressing dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed of a subject; and

    a collection canister in fluid communication with the wound dressing, the canister including;

    a base defining a fluid receiving cavity and having a fluid inlet port and a vacuum port, the fluid inlet port being configured for fluid communication with the wound dressing;

    a cover selectively engageable to the base, the cover having a control unit and a vent for exhausting the control unit;

    a divider having a plurality of longitudinal grooves formed on an underside thereof; and

    a seal member interposed relative to the base and the cover, the seal member adapted to establish a substantial sealed relation between the base and the cover.

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