Chest drainage apparatus

Details Chest drainage apparatus Chest drainage apparatus

1982-10-12

1988-04-05

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Material introduced into and removed from body through...

604 45, 604 35, 604118, 604246, 604321, A61F 260, A61F 280

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ABSTRACT:
A medical underwater seal, chest drainage apparatus is provided which includes a catheter having a main lumen and an auxiliary lumen for insertion into a chest cavity to be drained of body fluid. The main lumen is connected to a drainage collection device and the auxiliary lumen is adapted to be connected to a variable setting venting valve so that an adjustable flow rate of air from the atmosphere can flow into the auxiliary lumen for venting the cavity.

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Axiom Medical Inc., Paramount, CA. 90723, "A Sump that Works".

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