Device for draining the pleural cavity

Details Device for draining the pleural cavity Device for draining the pleural cavity

1992-11-17

1994-09-06

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

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

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604122, 604257, 604264, A61M 500

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053444108

ABSTRACT:
The proposed device comprises an outer tube having a central canal and perforations at its one end, a stylet fitted in the central canal of the outer tube, an inner tube, which is in fact a non-return valve and with its one end tightly connected to the outer tube and with its opposite end stretched over the stylet with a possibility of slipping off the latter and getting everted. The device has a receptacle for collecting the pleural fluid, tightly connected to the outer tube and the inner tube, and a retainer for fixing the device in position.

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patent: 3880311 (1975-04-01), McPhee
patent: 4153058 (1979-05-01), Nehme
patent: 4813941 (1989-03-01), Shea

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