Title:
NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/171585
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a pump assembly comprising a voice coil, a magnet and a diaphragm, wherein the voice coil is configured to move the diaphragm to pump a fluid through the pump assembly in response to a drive signal applied to the voice coil. Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to an apparatus for applying negative pressure to a wound comprising a source of negative pressure configured to be coupled to a dressing, the source of negative comprising a voice coil actuator and a diaphragm, and a controller configured to produce a drive signal for the voice coil actuator.
Inventors:
ALLEN JULIE (GB)
ASKEM BEN ALAN (GB)
BECKETT TREVOR JOHN (GB)
BINDER IAN (GB)
COLLINSON SARAH JENNY (GB)
FERRARI IACOPO CLAUDIO (MU)
FRYER CHRISTOPHER JOHN (GB)
GOWANS PHILIP (GB)
COWAN-HUGHES JOHN (GB)
HERD MATTHEW JAMES (GB)
MARSHALL KEITH (GB)
MEHTA STEVEN CARL (GB)
MOY TOM (GB)
MULLEN PAUL (GB)
NICOLINI DEREK (GB)
NORMAN ALEX DAVID (GB)
PRYOR NEIL (GB)
RIVA CHRISTIAN (MU)
STACEY GARY (GB)
WALSH PHILP (GB)
ASKEM BEN ALAN (GB)
BECKETT TREVOR JOHN (GB)
BINDER IAN (GB)
COLLINSON SARAH JENNY (GB)
FERRARI IACOPO CLAUDIO (MU)
FRYER CHRISTOPHER JOHN (GB)
GOWANS PHILIP (GB)
COWAN-HUGHES JOHN (GB)
HERD MATTHEW JAMES (GB)
MARSHALL KEITH (GB)
MEHTA STEVEN CARL (GB)
MOY TOM (GB)
MULLEN PAUL (GB)
NICOLINI DEREK (GB)
NORMAN ALEX DAVID (GB)
PRYOR NEIL (GB)
RIVA CHRISTIAN (MU)
STACEY GARY (GB)
WALSH PHILP (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2013/001513
Publication Date:
March 27, 2014
Filing Date:
May 15, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SMITH & NEPHEW (GB)
International Classes:
A61M1/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2009124100A1 | 2009-10-08 |
Foreign References:
| US20090125004A1 | 2009-05-14 | |||
| GB1220857A | 1971-01-27 |
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