LIQUID CONTAINER AND ABSORBENT INSERT FOR ORAL NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY SYSTEM

摘要

An oral negative-pressure therapy system includes a container and absorbent insert for the container. The container includes a baffle inside an interior of the container. A fluid passageway extends along the baffle for delivering fluid (e.g., a mixture of air and saliva) into the container. The absorbent insert for absorbing liquid (e.g., saliva) in the container may is over the baffle. At least one of the baffle and the absorbent insert is configured to maintain a fluid flow path between the baffle and the absorbent insert to maintain fluid communication between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet of the container. The absorbent insert and/or the container may be designed and constructed to burst air bubbles in the aspirated liquid. In one or more embodiments, the absorbent insert is replaceable so that a spent absorbent insert can be replaced with a new, fresh absorbent insert.

主权项

1. A container for collecting liquid drawn through a vacuum conduit from an oral cavity of a user by a vacuum pump of an oral negative-pressure therapy system, the container comprising:
a container body having an interior surface defining an interior space; a fluid inlet for fluidly connecting the vacuum conduit to the interior space; a fluid outlet for fluidly connecting the vacuum pump to the interior space; an interior baffle connected to the container body and disposed in the interior space, the interior baffle configured to support an absorbent insert received thereon; and a fluid passageway extending from the fluid inlet along the interior baffle, wherein the fluid passageway fluidly connects the fluid inlet to the interior space when the absorbent insert is received on the interior baffle.