Patent ID: 8641691

Claim:
A portable system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with healing a surgical wound, which comprises: a wound dressing dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed of a subject; a portable subatmospheric pressure mechanism dimensioned to be carried or worn by the subject, the portable subatmospheric pressure mechanism including; a housing; a subatmospheric pressure source disposed within the housing and in fluid communication with the wound dressing to supply subatmospheric pressure to the wound dressing; a power source mounted to or within the housing for supplying power to actuate the subatmospheric pressure source; and a container defining an internal chamber for collecting exudate removed from the wound dressing under the subatmospheric pressure supplied by the subatmospheric pressure source, the container including an inlet port for receiving the exudate removed from the wound dressing, an outlet port in communication with the subatmospheric pressure source, and a plurality of enclosed collection paths within the internal chamber defining a predetermined collection channel in fluid communication with the inlet port and the outlet port, and being adapted for containing the exudate.