Patent ID: 11963850
Assignee: J&M SHULER MEDICAL INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  Y | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A system comprising:
a wound dressing comprising an outlet and an inlet;
vacuum tubing connected to the outlet and configured to apply negative pressure to a wound surface;
a collection bag having a bag inlet and a bag outlet, wherein the bag inlet is fluidly connected to the dressing outlet via the vacuum tubing;
an irrigant source configured to provide an irrigant;
irrigant tubing connected to the irrigant source, further connected to the inlet, and configured to provide the irrigant to the wound surface; and
an electronic vacuum regulator (EVR) fluidly connected to the bag outlet via the vacuum tubing, wherein the EVR comprises:
a controller having one or more processors, and
a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
monitoring an irrigant flow within the irrigant tubing,
determining an vacuum configuration for the EVR based on monitoring the irrigant flow within the irrigant tubing, wherein the vacuum configuration specifies a pre-programmed pattern of intervals to apply negative pressure with a force sufficient to (i) cause agitation of a volume of irrigant provided to the wound surface, and (ii) draw a portion of the volume of irrigant to be suctioned from the wound dressing into the collection bag, and
driving the EVR according to the vacuum configuration.