Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material – Aspiration collection container or trap
Patent
1984-10-18
1986-10-14
Picard, Leo P.
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Aspiration collection container or trap
604245, 604 65, 604318, 604 35, 128760, 7386141, A61M 100
Patent
active
046170200
ABSTRACT:
A detector and counter for drainage devices is provided which will detect the passage of air through an underwater seal chamber. A signal is transmitted as a result of the detection of the presence of air or a bubble within an underwater seal chamber and an output circuit responsive to these signals measures the time interval between bubbles. In addition, a counter counts the total number of bubbles passing through the underwater seal over a selected period of time. The bubble detector when used with a pleural drainage device provides a diagnostic tool for a physican in determining the condition of a patient with a pleural air leak by indicating the elapsed time between bubbles and the total volume of air leak over the selected period of time.
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Bioresearch Inc.
Picard Leo P.
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