Patent ID: 8034037

Claim:
A vacuum wound care module comprising: a fluid reservoir; a pump module fluidly connected to the fluid reservoir and adapted for pumping fluid out of the fluid reservoir; a venturi vacuum fitting fluidly connected to the pump module and having a vacuum outlet and a fluid outlet; a fluid connection from the fluid outlet to the fluid reservoir; a trap reservoir fluidly connected to the vacuum outlet; and a second fluid connection that is one of: (a) fluidly connected to the trap reservoir and (i) adapted to be fitted with a wound dressing to provide vacuum and allow removal of wound exudate or (ii) fitted to such a wound dressing such that, when the wound dressing is employed, it provides vacuum and allows removal of wound exudate, or (b) adapted to be fluidly connected to the trap reservoir and fitted to such a wound dressing such that, when the wound dressing is employed, it provides vacuum and allows removal of wound exudate.