Patent ID: 11925746
Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) system comprising:
an instillation system configured to provide instillation fluid to a wound site, wherein the wound site comprises a wound and a wound dressing;
a controller configured to:
provide a first quantity of instillation fluid for a first instillation cycle;
determine a second quantity of instillation fluid for a second instillation cycle based on the first quantity and a reduction factor, wherein the second quantity of instillation fluid is less than the first quantity of instillation fluid; and
adjust an operation of the instillation system to provide the second quantity of instillation fluid to the wound site,

wherein the reduction factor is determined based on a negative pressure of a negative pressure cycle and a time duration of the negative pressure cycle.