VACUUM-GENERATING USER'S PORTABLE DEVICE FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A61M1/00 A61M27/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medical equipment, to vacuum generating user's portable device for medical applications, particularly for vacuum healing of wounds on human or animal body. The above device (2) comprises a vacuum generating device and a disposable container (10) for collection of body fluids, particularly wound effluents absorbed from the wound, and a connector (12) for an absorbent tube used to this effect. The vacuum generating device is arranged in a first portion (4) of the body. The container (10) forms a second portion (8) of the body. The portions (4, 8) of the body are detachably fastened in relation to each other. Assembling the first and second portions (4, 8) of the device together is combined with establishing a vacuum connection of the container (10) and vacuum-generating device. The device (2) is provided with fasteners so that it can be settled on the user's body and portable thereon. The first portion (4) of the body comprises the vacuum-generating device in the form of an air pump, as well as electric and electronic components controlling the device including the battery supplies or chargeable accumulators. A bearing surface of the device (2) for placing the device (2) on a horizontal support in the stationary operating conditions is formed by the first portion (4) of the body. The first portion (4) of the body applied on the user's body in the mobile operation faces from the body. The second portion (8) of the body faces towards the body. Both portions (4, 8) of the body are substantially disk-shaped and adjoin each other in substantially vertical parting plane (14). The first portion (4) of the body closes the second portion (8) of the body on looking at a visible side (38) facing from the body of the first portion (4) of the body by at least 90% of the visible surface of the second portion (8) of the body in the same direction. The visible side (38) facing from the body of the first portion of the body comprise control elements presented in the form of a sensor screen, and indicator elements (42) for the vacuum-generating device.

EFFECT: invention provides the much more comfortable manipulations and control of the device.

31 cl, 7 dwg