Patent ID: 8303555

Claim:
A soft collector for a negative pressure wound therapy system comprising: a collecting bag being soft and flexible and having a front end opening; a rear end opening; a top side; a bottom side; a check valve mounted in the front end opening to prevent backflow; and two gas permeable units attached separately and respectively to the top and bottom sides of the collecting bag and arranged diagonally with respect to each other, each gas permeable unit comprising a through hole formed through corresponding one of the top and the bottom sides of the collecting bag; and a gas permeable membrane attached to an inside surface of corresponding one of the top and the bottom sides and covering the through hole; a liquid absorber mounted in the collecting bag; an inlet connecting set mounted in the front end opening of the collecting bag; and a detecting connecting set mounted in the rear end opening of the collecting bag and having a gas permeable connector inserted into the rear end opening.