Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Material introduced into and removed from body through...
Patent
1990-05-11
1992-06-09
Grieb, William H.
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Material introduced into and removed from body through...
604 43, 604 45, 604 49, A61M 100
Patent
active
051203057
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus is provided for delivering and/or withdrawing fluids. For example, blood may be salvaged from a body cavity of a patient, in which a wand is provided having separate conduits for fluids. Means, for example a valve, is provided for opening or closing the desired conduits, depending upon whether the fluid is to be salvaged or lost to waste, sampled or returned directly to circulation. The apparatus is adapted for surgical use, and most particularly when a partial vacuum is drawn through the conduits, such that operation of the valve can exert a partial vacuum on one or more of the conduits. The entry ends of the conduits are disposed adjacent each other, with the conduits being joined as a wand. The valve is adapted for being actuated upon being held in the hand of the operator. For example, salvage of blood can be collected for autotransfusion to the patient directly, waste irrigants can be collected for disposal, blood or other fluids can be sampled for analysis or blood can be collected to a processing system for subsequent infusion.
When it is desired to deliver fluids, they may be delivered through one or more conduits or lumens and, if desired, removed virtually simultaneously through one or more other conduits or lumens.
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Item 1 represents commerical literature showing a prior art suction tube having tips of several configurations (p. 39) date unknown.
Boehringer John R.
Bove Christopher L.
Karpowicz John
Smith David R.
Boehringer Laboratories
Grieb William H.
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