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Surgical evacuator device

  • US 3,376,868 A
  • Filed: 06/04/1964
  • Issued: 04/09/1968
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1964
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. AN EVACUATOR DEVICE FOR REMOVING AND COLLECTING FLUIDS FROM A CLOSED WOUND, SAID EVACUATOR DEVICE COMPRISING:

  • (A) A COMPRESSIBLE PUMP-CONTAINER OF RESILIENT ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL HAVING TOP AND BOTTOM PORTIONS CONNECTED BY A CORRUGATED SIDEWALL HAVING A WALL THICKNESS WITH ELASTIC MEMORY SUFFICIENT TO EXPAND SAID PUMP-CONTAINER SOLELY BY THE RESILIENCY OF ITS CORRUGATED SIDEWALL AFTER IT IS COMPRESSED;

    (B) A VALVE TURRET ON SAID TOP PORTION DEFINING THE SOLE COMMUNICATION TO THE PUMP-CONTAINER INTERIOR AND HAVING AN EVACUATOR TUBE OPENING THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AN EVACUATOR TUBE AND A VENT OPENING COMMUNICATING WITH THE ATMOSPHERE;

    AND (C) A RESILIENT DIAPHRAGM CONNECTED TO SAID TOP AND ADAPTED TO SEAL SAID VENT OPENING.

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