# US 2024/0366454 A1 · Vacuum pad and related system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0366454 A1 - Document ID: US20240366454A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/775,883 - Filed: 2024-07-17 - Published: 2024-11-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-12 - Assignees: Orlando Health, Inc. - Applicants: Orlando Health, Inc. - Inventors: Teresa Lance; Neeraj Desai; Neil Whitehouse; Michael J. Schmidt; Riham Mikhail Hanna; Anthony Mango; Evan Anthony Mulone; Luis Ruben Marquez; David Anthony Lefort; Breno Cloutier Dobal; Emily Frier; Izayha Woods; Khanh Tran; Jung Woo Lee; Sonia Alvarez - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240366454A1 ## CPC - A61G 13/102: {Fluid drainage means for collecting bodily fluids from the operating table, e.g. for blood, urine (drainage on the patient A61M1/00)} - A61G 13/0009: {Obstetrical tables or delivery beds (chairs for gynaecological purposes A61G15/005)} - A61M 1/60: {Containers for suction drainage, adapted to be used with an external suction source (containers not adapted for subjection to vacuum A61M1/69)} - A61M 1/71: {Suction drainage systems (containers therefor A61M1/60, A61M1/64; negative pressure wound therapy systems A61M1/90)} - A61M 1/73: {comprising sensors or indicators for physical values} - A61M 1/777: {Determination of loss or gain of body fluids due to suction-irrigation, e.g. during surgery} - A61G 2203/30: characterised by sensor means - A61M 2205/3379: Masses, volumes, levels of fluids in reservoirs, flow rates - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A vacuum pad may include a first layer, a top layer that at least partially forms a top surface of the vacuum pad, a plurality of holes extending through the top layer into an interior space located between at least a portion of the first layer and at least a portion of the top layer, an outlet tube in fluid communication with the interior space, a raised barrier that surrounds the plurality of holes, a plurality of dividers located in the interior space that extend along the first layer from a first end of the respective divider located adjacent to the outlet tube, and at least one spacer located in the interior space that has a different shape than the plurality of dividers. The vacuum pad may include at least one channel and at least one collection area located in the interior space. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vacuum pad, comprising: a first layer; a top layer at least partially forming a top surface of the vacuum pad, the top layer having a plurality of holes extending through the top layer into an interior space located between at least a portion of the top layer and at least a portion of the first layer; an outlet tube in fluid communication with the interior space; a raised barrier, the raised barrier surrounding the plurality of holes; a plurality of dividers located in the interior space, each of the plurality of dividers extending along the first layer from a first end of the respective divider located adjacent to the outlet tube; at least one spacer located in the interior space, the at least one spacer having a different shape than the plurality of dividers; a center channel located in the interior space, the center channel extending between a first divider of the plurality of dividers and a second divider of the plurality of dividers and towards the outlet tube; a center collection area located in the interior space about a center of the vacuum pad and between the first divider and the second divider, the center collection area extending from the center channel in a direction away from the outlet tube, the center collection area having a maximum width greater than a maximum width of the center channel; at least one outer channel located in the interior space, the at least one outer channel extending between another divider of the plurality of dividers and the raised barrier and towards the outlet tube, the other divider being located between the first divider or the second divider and the raised barrier; and at least one outer collection area located in the interior space between the other divider and the raised barrier, the at least one outer collection area extending from an outer channel of the at least one outer channel in a direction away from the outlet tube and having a maximum width greater than a maximum width of the at least one outer channel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vacuum pad of claim 1, wherein the at least one outer channel includes a first outer channel and a second outer channel, and wherein the at least one outer collection area includes a first outer collection area and a second outer collection area, the first outer channel extending between a third divider of the plurality of dividers and the raised barrier to the first outer collection area located between the third divider and the raised barrier, the third divider being located between the first divider and the raised barrier, and the second outer channel extending between a fourth divider of the plurality of dividers and the raised barrier to the second outer collection area located between the fourth divider and the raised barrier, the fourth divider being located between the second divider and the raised barrier. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vacuum pad of claim 2, comprising a first intermediary collection area and a second intermediary collection area, the first intermediary collection area located between the first divider and the third divider, and the second intermediary collection area located between the second divider and the fourth divider. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vacuum pad of claim 1, wherein a majority of the plurality of holes are located over the center collection area, the at least one outer collection area, the center channel, and the at least one outer channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vacuum pad of claim 1, wherein the top layer is attached to the first layer at a location. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The vacuum pad of claim 5, wherein a majority of the plurality of holes are located over the center collection area, the at least one outer collection area, the center channel, and the at least one outer channel, and wherein the raised barrier entirely surrounds the plurality of holes defining an active area of the vacuum pad, and wherein the location where the top layer is attached to the first layer includes at least one location in the active area outside of the majority of the plurality of holes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The vacuum pad of claim 1, wherein the first ends of the plurality of dividers are spaced radially about the outlet tube. ### Claim 8 A vacuum pad, comprising: a first layer; a top layer at least partially forming a top surface of the vacuum pad, the top layer having a plurality of holes extending through the top layer into an interior space located between at least a portion of the top layer and at least a portion of the first layer; an outlet tube in fluid communication with the interior space; a raised barrier, the raised barrier surrounding the plurality of holes; one or more dividers located in the interior space, the one or more dividers extending along the first layer from a first end of the one or more dividers located adjacent to the outlet tube; at least one channel located in the interior space, the at least one channel being at least partially formed by at least one of the one or more dividers; and at least one collection area located in the interior space, the at least one collection area extending from a channel of the at least one channel and being at least partially formed by the at least one of the one or more dividers that at least partially forms the channel of the at least one channel, wherein the at least one collection area has a greater maximum width than a maximum width of the channel of the at least one channel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The vacuum pad of claim 8, wherein the at least one channel includes a center channel and at least one outer channel, the center channel being formed by two dividers of the one or more dividers, and the at least one outer channel being formed by another divider of the one or more dividers and the raised barrier, and wherein the at least one collection area includes a center collection area and at least one outer collection area, the center collection area being formed by the two dividers and extending from the center channel, and the at least one outer collection area being formed by the other divider and the raised barrier and extending from the at least one outer channel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The vacuum pad of claim 9, wherein the at least one collection area includes at least one intermediary collection area located between the center collection area and the at least one outer collection area, the at least one intermediary collection area being formed by one of the two dividers and the other divider. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The vacuum pad of claim 10, wherein the top layer includes a greater concentration of the plurality of holes over the center channel, the center collection area, the at least one outer channel, and the at least one outer collection area than over the at least one intermediary collection area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The vacuum pad of claim 9, wherein the raised barrier entirely surrounds the plurality of holes and at least one spacer, the raised barrier being elevated relative to the plurality of holes and a flat boundary portion, the flat boundary portion including an impermeable top surface that entirely surrounds the raised barrier and extends outward therefrom. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The vacuum pad of claim 12, wherein the raised barrier includes one or more corners, and wherein an outer collection area of the at least one outer collection area is located at a corner of the one or more corners. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The vacuum pad of claim 8, wherein a channel of the at least one channel or a collection area of the at least one collection area includes a flow guide, the flow guide being separate from the one or more dividers. ### Claim 15 A vacuum pad, comprising: a first layer; a top layer at least partially forming a top surface of the vacuum pad, the top layer having a plurality of holes extending through the top layer into an interior space located between at least a portion of the top layer and at least a portion of the first layer; an outlet tube in fluid communication with the interior space; a raised barrier, the raised barrier surrounding the plurality of holes; one or more dividers located in the interior space, the one or more dividers extending along the first layer from a first end of the one or more dividers located adjacent to the outlet tube; at least one spacer located in the interior space, the at least one spacer having a different shape than the one or more dividers; and at least one channel extending between one of the one or more dividers and either the raised barrier or another one of the one or more dividers and extending towards the outlet tube. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The vacuum pad of claim 15, wherein a channel of the at least one channel has a first width at a section of the channel adjacent to the outlet tube, and wherein the channel includes a section having an expanded width relative to the first width. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The vacuum pad of claim 15, wherein the one or more dividers, the at least one spacer, and the raised barrier are formed as an insert, the insert being located in the interior space. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The vacuum pad of claim 17, wherein the insert includes a recess to receive the outlet tube, the recess defining a lip of the insert such that an upper surface of the insert is flush with an opening of the outlet tube. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The vacuum pad of claim 17, wherein an upper surface of the insert includes at least one hole extending through the insert to the first layer of the vacuum pad, and wherein the top layer is attached to the first layer at a location of the at least one hole of the insert. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The vacuum pad of claim 15, wherein the first end of the one or more dividers includes at least one surface angled towards the outlet tube. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) A vacuum pad system, comprising: the vacuum pad of claim 15; a canister in fluid connection to the vacuum pad, wherein the canister is configured to collect fluid pulled from the vacuum pad; and a suspension system, wherein a side wall of the canister is detachably coupled to the suspension system, and wherein the suspension system is configured to detect at least one of an amount of fluid collected in the canister or a rate of fluid coming into the canister.