Air embolus aspirator

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1975-10-14

1977-01-11

Truluck, Dalton L.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128214R, 128221, 128276, A61B 1734, A61M 100

Patent

active

040021742

ABSTRACT:
A device for aspirating air emboli from a blood vessel (e.g. the aorta during open-heart surgery), the aspirating device having a hollow cannula with radially spaced openings for aspirating air and bending angularly mid-length to permit aspiration of air emboli while maintaining the device generally flat against the exposed patient surface. A hub comprising part of the device is constructed to provide a dual coupling presenting both male and female attachment sites.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1503399 (1924-07-01), Webb
patent: 3776239 (1973-12-01), Cooley
patent: 3913577 (1975-10-01), Nehra et al.
patent: 3957048 (1976-05-01), Jacobs
Groves et al -- Jour. Thorac. & Card. Surg., vol. 47 No. 3, Mar. 1964, pp. 349-355.

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