Fluid communication path
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising,a drape for covering a wound sitea body portion locatable under the drape at the wound site, the body portion providing a fluid communication path to the wound site through the drape, the body portion comprising:
- a lower surface and an upper surface, wherein the upper surface is configured to support an overlying region of the drape;
at least one connection port in the upper surface of the body portion, wherein the connection port comprises one of a drape piercing member or a piercing member receptor;
at least one suction port locatable in fluid communication with the wound site; and
at least one fluid communication passageway between the connection port and the suction port;
whereina connector at an end of at least one tubular conduit is locatable over the connection port and configured to seal with said connection port to thereby provide a fluid communication path through the drape between said tubular conduit and the wound site, wherein the connector comprises the other of the piercing member or a piercing member receptor.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing a fluid communication path to a wound site through a drape. The apparatus has a body portion having a lower surface and an upper surface, at least one connection port, at least one suction port and at least one fluid communication passageway between the connection port and the suction port. A connector at an end of at least one tubular conduit is locatable through the drape into an orifice in the connection port to thereby provide a fluid communication path through the drape between the tubular conduit and the wound site.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising,
a drape for covering a wound site a body portion locatable under the drape at the wound site, the body portion providing a fluid communication path to the wound site through the drape, the body portion comprising: -
a lower surface and an upper surface, wherein the upper surface is configured to support an overlying region of the drape; at least one connection port in the upper surface of the body portion, wherein the connection port comprises one of a drape piercing member or a piercing member receptor; at least one suction port locatable in fluid communication with the wound site; and at least one fluid communication passageway between the connection port and the suction port;
whereina connector at an end of at least one tubular conduit is locatable over the connection port and configured to seal with said connection port to thereby provide a fluid communication path through the drape between said tubular conduit and the wound site, wherein the connector comprises the other of the piercing member or a piercing member receptor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for providing a fluid communication path through a drape covering a wound site, comprising:
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locating a body portion comprising a lower surface and an upper surface, wherein the upper surface is configured to support an overlying region of the drape at a selected location with respect to a wound site; covering the body portion and wound site with the drape; locating a connector over a connection port of the body portion and sealing the connector thereto, thereby completing a fluid communication path through the drape between at least one tubular conduit terminated by the connector and a suction port of the body portion in fluid communication with the wound site; and accumulating drape material between the connector and a region of the connection port when the connector is located in the orifice. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a drape for covering a wound site; a body portion locatable under the drape at the wound site, the body portion providing a fluid communication path to the wound site through the drape, the body portion comprising; a lower surface and an upper surface, wherein the upper surface is configured to support an overlying region of the drape; at least one connection port in the upper surface of the body portion; a plurality of suction ports locatable in fluid communication with the wound site, wherein one of the plurality of suction ports comprise a recessed region in the body portion, and wherein an abutment surface region is arranged such that a drain located in an abutting relationship thereto closes another of the plurality of suction ports on the lower surface of the body portion; and at least one fluid communication passageway between the connection port and the suction port;
whereina connector at an end of at least one tubular conduit is locatable over the connection port and configured to seal with said connection port to thereby provide a fluid communication path through the drape between said tubular conduit and the wound site.
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a drape for covering a wound site; a body portion locatable under the drape at the wound site, the body portion providing a fluid communication path to the wound site through the drape, the body portion comprising; a lower surface and an upper surface, wherein the upper surface is configured to support an overlying region of the drape; at least one connection port in the upper surface of the body portion, wherein the connection port further comprises a piercing member configured to pierce the drape; at least one suction port locatable in fluid communication with the wound site; and at least one fluid communication passageway between the connection port and the suction port;
whereina connector at an end of at least one tubular conduit is locatable over the connection port and configured to seal with said connection port to thereby provide a fluid communication path through the drape between said tubular conduit and the wound site.
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19. A method for providing a fluid communication path through a drape covering a wound site, comprising:
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locating a body portion comprising a lower surface and an upper surface, wherein the upper surface supports an overlying region of the drape at a selected location with respect to a wound site, and wherein the upper surface of the body portion comprises a piercing member for piercing the drape; covering the body portion and wound site with the drape; and locating a connector over a connection port of the body portion and sealing the connector thereto, thereby completing a fluid communication path through the drape between at least one tubular conduit terminated by the connector and a suction port of the body portion in fluid communication with the wound site.
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