Systems and methods for improved connection to wound dressings in conjunction with reduced pressure wound treatment systems

An apparatus for providing reduced-pressure to a tissue site through a primary lumen, the apparatus comprising:

• a reduced-pressure source;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• operate the reduced-pressure source to change pressure in the primary lumen;
• measure pressure through a first measurement lumen and a second measurement lumen, each of the first measurement lumen and the second measurement lumen having openings near the tissue site;
• monitor a response time of pressure measured through the first measurement lumen and the second measurement lumen to the pressure change in the primary lumen;
• and
• open one or more of the first measurement lumen and the second measurement lumen to a pressure greater than the pressure in the primary lumen if the response time indicates a delayed response.