Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Patent
1989-06-23
1991-09-03
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
604 93, 604264, 138119, A61M 2700
Patent
active
050450751
ABSTRACT:
A surgical drain system includes an elongated drain member having a conduit portion connected to a fluid intake portion with a fluid flow passage extending continuously through both portions and with at least one fluid intake opening in the fluid intake portion. The conduit portion of the drain member has generally a marquise-shaped transverse cross-section, whereas the fluid intake portion has a similar cross-sectional shape but absent the pointed end portions of the marquise shape. In use, the drain member may be positioned with the fluid intake portion within the wound in a desired position and with the conduit portion traversing the wound, and the wound edges may easily be made to conform to the marquise shape of the conduit portion to form a substantial seal. The drain member also preferably includes a one-way valve connected to the conduit portion for preventing fluid from flowing into the wound through the drain member. The drain system may also include a fluid receptacle adapted to be sealably connected to the drain member for receiving fluid drained from the wound, and the receptacle may be adapted to provide a suction to the drain member.
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Culbertson Russell D.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
Renoble, N. V. - Division 1
Shaffer, Jr. J. Nevin
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