Claims
- 1-17. (Cancelled)
- 18. A control unit adapted for use with a vacuum wound bandage associated with a wound of a patient to provide negative pressure through the vacuum wound bandage to the wound, the control unit comprising
an alarm, and a display displaying an alarm log providing information associated with each activation of the alarm.
- 19. The control unit of claim 18, further comprising a controller coupled to the alarm and the display to store the alarm log.
- 20. The control unit of claim 19, wherein the controller is configured to cause the display to display the alarm log.
- 21. The control unit of claim 20, further comprising a user control coupled to the controller to cause the display to display the alarm log when the user control is operated.
- 22. The control unit of claim 18, wherein the alarm log provides a description of a condition responsible for each activation of the alarm.
- 23. The control unit of claim 18, wherein the alarm log provides a code associated with a condition responsible for each activation of the alarm.
- 24. The control unit of claim 18, wherein the alarm log provides a time associated with when each activation of the alarm occurred.
- 25. A wound treatment apparatus adapted for use with a vacuum wound bandage associated with a wound of a patient to provide negative pressure through the vacuum wound bandage to the wound, the wound treatment apparatus comprising
a user input control, and an electronic display displaying information comprising a graphical representation of the user input control and text associated with the graphical representation to instruct a user when to operate the user input control.
- 26. The wound treatment apparatus of claim 25, further comprising an irrigation mechanism to irrigate the wound, wherein the user input control comprises an irrigation control to operate the irrigation mechanism, and the information comprises a graphical representation of the irrigation control and text associated with the graphical representation to instruct the user when to operate the irrigation control.
- 27. The wound treatment apparatus of claim 25, wherein the graphical representation and the text associated therewith cooperate to instruct the user to enter a negative pressure setting for operation of the wound treatment apparatus.
- 28. The wound treatment apparatus of claim 25, wherein the graphical representation and the text associated therewith cooperate to instruct the user to enter a calibration setting for calibration of the wound treatment apparatus.
- 29. The wound treatment apparatus of claim 25, wherein the graphical representation and the text associated therewith cooperate to instruct the user to confirm a user selection for operation of the wound treatment apparatus.
- 30. A wound treatment apparatus adapted for use with a vacuum wound bandage associated with a wound of a patient to provide negative pressure through the vacuum wound bandage to the wound, the wound treatment apparatus comprising an electronic display displaying information that instructs a user how to operate the wound treatment apparatus during normal operation of the wound treatment apparatus, the information being executable to operate the wound treatment apparatus when the display is displaying the information.
- 31. The wound treatment apparatus of claim 30, further comprising an irrigation mechanism to irrigate the wound, and the information comprises information to instruct a user how to operate the irrigation mechanism.
- 32. The wound treatment apparatus of claim 31, wherein the information comprises information to instruct a user how to calibrate the wound treatment apparatus.
- 33. The wound treatment apparatus of claim 32, wherein the wound treatment apparatus includes a waste collection canister to collect waste material from the vacuum wound bandage and a pressure sensor in communication with an interior region of the waste collection canister to sense pressure in the interior region, and the information comprises information to instruct a user how to calibrate the pressure sensor.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This disclosure is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/725,666, which was filed Nov. 29, 2000 and which is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60167753 |
Nov 1999 |
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Divisions (1)
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10159583 |
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10885431 |
Jul 2004 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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