Wound drainage device

• US 4,392,858 A
• Filed: 07/16/1981
• Issued: 07/12/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sherwood Services AG
• Original Assignee: Sherwood Medical Company (Medtronic Plc)
• Inventors: George, Robert D., di Palma, Georgio
• Primary Examiner(s): Apley, Richard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kruter, J. L.
• Application Number:
  US06/283,702
• Time in Patent Office: 726 Days
• Field of Search: 128/274-278, 128/760, 128/765-767, 128/770, 128/DIG. 24, 224/252, 224/253, 224/255, 604/187, 604/212, 604/213
• US Class Current: 604/133
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/63 with means for emptying the suction container, e.g. by interrupting suction
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/682 bulb-type, e.g. nasal mucus aspirators
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/984 portable on the body

Abstract

A wound drainage device is provided which includes a manually operable suction pump having inlet and outlet ports, and a pliable fluid storage bag having a pair of plastic sheets in face-to-face contact and an inlet. The pump inlet port is adapted to be connected to a wound suction catheter for removing drainage fluid from the wound. The pump outlet port is connectable to storage bag inlet for discharging drainage fluid into the storage bag without disconnecting the suction catheter. The bag has an upper foldable portion between the main storage portion and the bag inlet to close fluid communication to the bag and can serve as an added protection against drainage fluid flowing back to the suction pump. The storage bag can be used to receive drainage fluid and thereby provide a relatively large storage capacity without requiring a relatively large suction pump.

Claims

1. A patient wound drainage device comprising manually operable wound suction pump means for connection with a catheter disposed adjacent a body wound of a patient for removing and collecting drainage liquid from the body wound, said pump means including a resilient, at least partially collapsible drainage receptacle, a pump inlet port connected to said receptacle means for connection said pump inlet port to a catheter so that said receptacle can receive drainage liquid from the body wound, and a pump outlet port connected to said receptacle for discharging drainage liquid therefrom, said receptacle being hand squeezable and releasable for producing a suction force at said pump inlet port, a one-way valve connected in series with said pump inlet port to prevent drainage liquid flow from said receptacle to the catheter, a fluid drainage storage bag including a pair of pliable sheet material members in face-to-face relation forming the sidewalls of the bag, a bag inlet port connected to the upper end portion of said bag, fluid connector means for connecting said pump outlet port with said bag inlet so that drainage liquid can be pumped from said receptacle into said bag by hand squeezing said receptacle, releasable connection means for connecting said receptacle to said bag in side-by-side relation with the sidewalls of said bag and receptacle in facing adjacent relation and with said receptacle between the upper and lower ends of said bag, and means for securing said bag, with said receptacle connected thereto, to the patient.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said connection means includes first connector means on the exterior of the sidewall of said bag, and second connector means on the exterior of the sidewall of said receptacle, said second connector means being releasably connectable with said first connector means.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein one of said first and second connector means includes a strap having one end connected to one of said sidewalls and a releasable locking member for connecting the opposite end of said strap to said one sidewall, and the other of said first and second connector means includes a loop connected to the other of said sidewalls for receiving said strap.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein said strap is connected to the sidewall of said bag, and said loop is connected to the sidewall of said receptacle.

5. The device of claim 1 or 2 wherein said receptacle comprises a resilient squeeze bulb of plastic material.

6. The device of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 wherein said storage bag includes a main fluid storage portion and a foldable portion between said storage portion and said inlet port, said foldable portion being folded when said receptacle and bag are connected together in side-by-side relation to close fluid communication between said inlet port and said main portion.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein facing sides of said sheets are in flatwise facing relation and in contact with each other over substantially their entire surface when said bag is empty of drainage fluid.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein said bag has a main storage portion and a neck portion of less width than between said inlet port and said main storage portion, said neck portion being foldable when said receptacle and bag are connected together in side-by-side relation to close fluid communication between said inlet port and said main storage portion.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein said receptacle is a plastic hand-squeezable resilient squeeze bulb.

10. The device of claim 1 further including a tube connectable between said inlet port of said storage bag and said outlet of said receptacle, and valve means connected in series between said bag and said receptacle outlet to prevent fluid flow from said bag to said receptacle.

11. The device of claim 10 further including a releasable tube closure member adapted to close said tube to prevent drainage fluid flow from said storage bag to said receptacle during drainage flow from a body wound to said receptacle.

12. The device of claim 1 further including manually operable valve means connected to prevent fluid flow from said bag to said receptacle.

13. The device of claim 12 wherein said valve means comprises a foldable portion of said storage bag.

14. A patient wound drainage device comprising a hand squeezable wound suction pump including a resilient, at least partially collapsible receptacle means having an upper end portion, an inlet port connected to said upper end portion for connection with a suction catheter adapted to be placed in fluid communication with a body wound of a patient, said receptacle means being hand squeezable and releasable for producing a suction force for facilitating drainage liquid flow from the wound to said receptacle means, a one-way fluid valve connected in series with said inlet port and said receptacle means to prevent return drainage liquid flow from said receptacle means to the catheter, a drainage fluid outlet port connected to said receptacle means, a pliable drainage fluid storage bag including a pair of sheet members of pliable material in face-to-face relation with each other forming the sidewalls of the bag, said bag having a main storage portion and an upper neck portion having one end connected to said main storage portion, and a bag inlet port connected to the other end of said neck portion, and tube means connected between said bag inlet port and said receptacle means fluid outlet port, means for removably connecting said receptacle means to said bag with said neck portion folded back toward said main storage portion to close off fluid communication between said bag inlet port and said main storage portiion, said neck portion being substantially unfoldable to allow drainage liquid flow from said receptacle means through said tube means, said neck portion and to said bag when said said receptacle means is removed from said bag and moved to substantially unfold said neck portion and squeezed to cause drainage liquid to flow therefrom, and means for securing said bag with said receptacle means connected thereto to the patient.

15. The device of claim 14 wherein said receptacle means fluid outlet port is in said upper end portion of said receptacle means.

16. The device of claim 14 further including manually releasable closure means connected in series between said receptacle means fluid outlet port and said bag inlet port.

17. The device of claim 14 including releasable connection means connecting said receptacle means and said bag in side-by-side relation with said receptacle means between the upper and lower ends of said bag.

18. The device of claim 14 wherein gas vent means are connected to said storage bag to allow gas to flow from said bag to the atmosphere.

19. The device of claim 18 wherein said vent means comprises an opening in the sidewall of said bag and an hydrophobic filter member covering said opening.