Patent ID: 8403902

Claim:
A system for removing fluids from a patient with reduced pressure, the system comprising: a liquid receptor for receiving fluids from the patient; a canister fluidly coupled to the liquid receptor for receiving the fluids from the patient; a reduced-pressure delivery conduit; a reduced-pressure source fluidly coupled by the reduced-pressure delivery conduit to the canister; and a moisture processing device fluidly coupled to the reduced-pressure delivery conduit, the moisture processing device comprising: a housing having an inlet and an outlet and forming an expanded volume to condense water from air entering the inlet, a plurality of support members in the expanded volume, and wherein the plurality of support members comprises a grid of support members having a plurality of apertures, and a first liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable membrane forming at least a portion of the housing, wherein the first liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable membrane allows vapor in the expanded volume to egress the expanded volume.