Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material – Aspiration collection container or trap
Patent
1988-09-02
1990-05-29
Kruter, Jerome L.
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Aspiration collection container or trap
604321, A61M 100
Patent
active
049292447
ABSTRACT:
An improved underwater drainage device having a baffle system preferably incorporated into the water seal column positioned in flow communication with the patient's pleural cavity wherein the baffle chamber consists of a baffle insert having a baffle tube and a plurality of spaced downwardly directed baffles. And wherein the baffle tube of the present invention includes a tapered outer wall directed toward the first baffle and sidewalls having a plurality of side openings to allow the water seal to flow downwardly therethrough once the negative pressure from the patient's pleural cavity has dissipated.
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Brochure: "Compact 2000", Codman & Shurtleff, Inc., Randolph, MA 02368.
Allison Richard D.
Beck Andrew J.
Kruter Jerome L.
Sherwood Medical Company
Smith Montgomery W.
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