Patent ID: 8439882

Claim:
A reduced pressure delivery system for treating a tissue site of a patient, comprising: electromechanical components configured to apply a treatment to the tissue site of the patient; a processing unit in communication with said electromechanical components and configured to cause said electromechanical components to activate to apply or alter the treatment to the tissue site; at least one conduit configured to deliver the treatment to the tissue site; and a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device including an integration of its components on a common substrate, and configured to sense one or more characteristics of exudate fluid from the tissue site, and further configured to communicate data indicative of the sensed one or more exudate fluid characteristics, said processing unit configured to receive the data from said MEMS device and cause said electromechanical components to apply the treatment to the tissue site of the patient via said at least one conduit.