Drainage apparatus

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1987-02-13

1988-09-06

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material

Aspiration collection container or trap

604323, 137205, A61M 100

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047690194

ABSTRACT:
A drainage device for draining fluids from the pleural cavity into a collection chamber, the device including a housing having a collection chamber therein and apparatus for supporting a liquid seal chamber in the chamber above the collection chamber. The liquid seal chamber includes a connection to a drainage device in a patient and apparatus enabling visible monitoring of the condition in the liquid seal chamber including at the location where fluids and gases from the patient enter the liquid seal chamber. The device has a novel overflow arrangement for materials to move from the liquid seal chamber into the collection chamber and it has a novel baffle assembly located in the liquid seal chamber to separate the liquid seal chamber into distinct chamber portions.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4036231 (1977-07-01), Dodge et al.
patent: 4430085 (1984-02-01), Ahrens

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