Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Patent
1996-09-30
1998-07-07
Weiss, John G.
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
604319, 604322, 604326, A61M 100
Patent
active
057761191
ABSTRACT:
A portable suction device with a base which includes a pump with a pump outlet and inlet and a battery holder with rechargeable batteries connected to the pump via a switch. The base includes a battery charging jack therein for recharging the batteries from a suitable electric power supply. The suction device includes a collection container with a view window for viewing the contents therein. Within the collection container is a disposable plastic liner which includes a connector for releasably engaging the pump outlet. Integrally formed on the collection container are threads for a screw-on lid and a tubing support for a piece of tubing. The collection container may include a holder for a supply of sterile disposable tubing pieces.
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Barker Melanie Watts
Bilbo Sharon C.
Bland Traci R.
Cho David J.
McGlynn Joseph H.
Weiss John G.
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