Patent ID: 8845604
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A portable device providing a vacuum for medical vacuum treatment of a wound on a body of a person or animal via a suction line leading to the body, the portable device being structured for attachment to an external carrier having a holding frame, such as a bed frame, the device comprising: a suction pump, which generates a vacuum; a housing part within which said suction pump is disposed, said housing part having a connection for the suction line to establish vacuum communication between said suction pump and the wound via the suction line, said housing part also having a first housing connecting section and a second housing connecting section; and a holding or carrying device, said holding or carrying device comprising a carrying strap having a first strap end and a second strap end, said carrying strap also having a first strap connecting section disposed proximate said first strap end and a second strap connecting section disposed proximate said second strap end, wherein said first strap connecting section is disposed, structured and dimensioned for connection to said first housing connecting section and said second strap connecting section is disposed, structured and dimensioned for connection to said second housing connecting section, said carrying strap also having a third strap connecting section, which is spaced apart from and disposed between said first and said second strap ends for connection to one of said first and said second housing connecting sections and/or to one of said first and said second strap connecting sections, said holding or carrying device also having a connecting device for connecting said carrying strap to the external carrier, wherein said connecting device has a loop which is structured to be closed and released on a peripheral side thereof, said connecting device being directly connected to said carrying strap at a portion of said carrying strap extending between and connecting together said first strap connecting section and said third strap connecting section.