PORTABLE, ADJUSTABLE DISPOSABLE MEDICAL SUCTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE

• US 20130327326A1
• Filed: 06/12/2012
• Published: 12/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: George Brennan
• Original Assignee: George Brennan
• Inventors: Brennan, George
• Granted Patent: US 9,125,770 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/202.16
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/20 Tampons, e.g. catamenial tampons; Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/2005 specially adapted for the nose cavity
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/00 Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes; Devices for carrying-off, for treatment of, or for carrying-over, body-liquids; Drainage systems catheters A61M25/00; tube connectors, tube couplings, valves or branch units specially adapted for medical use A61M39/00; devices for taking samples of blood A61B5/15; filters implantable into blood vessels A61F2/01
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/60 Containers for suction drainage, adapted to be used with an external suction source containers not adapted for subjection to vacuum A61M1/69
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/74 Suction control underwater drainage A61M1/61
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/741 with means for varying suction manually
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/84 Drainage tubes; Aspiration tips for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/90; for surgical cutting instruments A61B17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/88 Draining devices having means for processing the drained fluid, e.g. an absorber for liposuction A61M1/892
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0461 Nasoendotracheal tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0463 combined with suction tubes, catheters or the like; Outside connections
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0833 T- or Y-type connectors, e.g. Y-piece
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0875 Connecting tubes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/105 Filters A61M16/047, A61M16/22 take precedence; water traps A61M16/08
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8206 battery-operated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2209/088 on the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2210/0618 Nose

Abstract

A portable, adjustable disposable medical suction system and method of use is disclosed. The system includes a delivery device to provide a conduit from a surgical site on a patient to the portable, adjustable medical suction system. The suction system may be a battery powered vacuum pump with one or more different adjustments directed to a strength of the vacuum, duration of the vacuum and interval between suction. The delivery device may be an intranasal tampon device or a tube inserted into the surgical site. During surgery and recovery at a surgical center or hospital, the vacuum source attached to the delivery system may be an industrial type vacuum source. Upon discharge, the suction system can be connected to the delivery system so that bleeding can be resolved by the patient in the comfort of his/her own home. The system and method of use is safer and mitigates body fluid borne contamination.

Claims

1. A portable medical fluid management system for withdrawing bodily fluid from a patient after surgery, the system comprising:

an elongate tube defining a first portion having a plurality of apertures and a second opposite portion, the first portion being disposable under a skin of the patient at a surgical site for withdrawing bodily fluid from the surgical site, the second portion disposed outside of the skin of the patient, the first and second portions being in fluid communication with each other;

a collection container removably attachable to the second portion of the elongate tube;

a portable vacuum source attached to the second portion for creating a suction in the elongate tube so that bodily fluid under the skin at the surgical site is removed from the surgical site and transferred to the collection container;

wherein the system mitigates body fluid borne contamination.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the collection container has a self sealing top.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the portable vacuum source is operated with a battery or a direct current source.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the portable vacuum source has a first control knob for adjusting strength of the suction.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the portable vacuum source has a second control knob for adjusting a duration of time of suction.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the portable vacuum source has a third control knob for adjusting spacing between suction of the portable vacuum source.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising a resealable plastic bag for storing filled collection containers.

8. A portable nasal tampon for allowing a patient to breathe and to withdraw bodily fluid from a nasal cavity after surgery at a nasal area of the patient, the portable nasal tampon comprising:

first and second absorbent pads for absorbing bodily fluid;

a first breathing tube extending from opposed distal ends of the first absorbent pad through which the patient may breathe when the first absorbent pad is disposed within the nasal cavity of the patient;

a second breathing tube extending from opposed distal ends of the second absorbent pad through which the patient may breathe when the second absorbent pad is disposed within the nasal cavity of the patient;

a first suction tube with a first distal end portion disposed within the first absorbent pad for providing a conduit through which bodily fluid is traversed out of the nasal cavity;

a second suction tube with a first distal end portion disposed within the second absorbent pad for providing a conduit through which bodily fluid is traversed out of the nasal cavity;

a travel sized collection container in communication with the first and second suction tubes for collecting bodily fluid traversed through the first and second suction tubes from the first and second absorbent pads;

a vacuum source in communication with the first and second suction tubes for extracting bodily fluid out of the first and second absorbent pads and traversing the bodily fluid through the first and second suction tubes into the collection container.

9. The portable nasal tampon of claim 8 further comprising a filter disposed upstream of the vacuum source.

10. The portable nasal tampon of claim 8 wherein the travel sized collection container is a flexible bag capable of receiving up to 9 fluid ounces.

11. The portable nasal tampon of claim 8 wherein the vacuum source weighs less than 1 lb so that the vacuum source is a travel sized vacuum source.

12. The portable nasal tampon of claim 8 further comprising a Y connector with a connector that is capable of connecting a vacuum source connector that is common among a central vacuum source at a surgical center or hospital and a battery operated vacuum source.

13. The portable nasal tampon of claim 8 wherein the vacuum source is powered with a battery.

14. A method of minimizing pain and discomfort associated with bleeding due to a nasal surgery, the method comprising the steps of:

installing left and right absorbent pads into left and right nostrils of a patient wherein left and right breathing tubes are positioned with the left and right nostrils to allow the patient to breathe through his or her nostrils during surgery, during recovery and after discharge from a surgical center or hospital;

connecting left and right suction tubes to a first vacuum source located within a surgical room of the surgical center or hospital;

conducting nasal surgery on the patient;

disconnecting the suction tubes from the first vacuum source;

transporting the patient to a recovery room;

connecting left and right suction tubes to a second vacuum source located within the recovery room of the surgical center or hospital;

upon discharge of the patient from the surgical center or hospital, disconnecting the left and right suction tubes from the second vacuum source and instructing the patient to connect the suction tubes to a portable vacuum source; and

maintaining the left and right absorbent pads in the left and right nostrils of the patient during surgery, during recovery and after discharge.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the portable vacuum source is a battery operated vacuum pump.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the suction tubes are connected to a single common tube wherein the single common tube has a connector capable of being connected to the portable vacuum source, first vacuum source and second vacuum source without removing the left and right pads from the left and right nostrils of the patient.