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

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a wound dressing comprising an inlet and an outlet;
vacuum tubing connected to the outlet and configured to apply negative pressure to a wound surface;
irrigant tubing connected to the inlet and configured to provide irrigant to the wound surface; and
an electronic vacuum regulator (EVR) fluidly connected to the 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 into the vacuum tubing, and
driving the EVR according to the vacuum configuration.