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Suction tube and retrograde flushing for wounds, body cavities and the like

  • US 3,993,080 A
  • Filed: 07/24/1975
  • Issued: 11/23/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a drainage device for wounds, body cavities, and the like, said device comprising an elongated tubular drainage member having a central lumen, and a plurality of drainage ports defined along a first portion of the length of said tubular member and through said tubular member for fluid communication between said lumen and the exterior of said tubular member, the improvement comprising, in combination, an elastomeric retention balloon carried by a second portion of said tubular member located to one side of one end of the first portion, and adapted to be inflatable under the skin of a patient when said first portion is properly positioned in a wound, said tubular member also carrying means for inflating and deflating said retention balloon, a length of severable imperforate tubing extending from the end of said first portion and having a terminus adapted for screw connection to an awl, said imperforate length of tubing permitting selective connection to an awl without contamination of the drainage ports in said first portion, an enlarged-lumen portion in communication through the central lumen with the drainage ports and for use as a combination squeeze pump and storage portion for retention of a flushing solution therein, means for selectively sealing said enlarged-lumen portion so that squeezing said squeeze pump operates to back flush solution through the drainage ports, and the means for inflating and deflating the retention balloon being a second tube that is secured along its length to said tubular member and extends along said tubular member from said retention balloon toward said enlarged-lumen but terminating spaced from said enlarged-lumen.

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