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Multiple lumen wound drain with bypass openings

  • US 5,116,310 A
  • Filed: 07/30/1990
  • Issued: 05/26/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wound drain comprising an elongate structure formed from a pliable and soft material with multiple parallel lumens in said structure, with external openings to the outside of the structure from said lumens and with bypass interconnecting openings between said luments, fluid flow from said wound being channeled through said external openings to said lumens so as to exit the wound and also channeled through said bypass openings to adjacent lumens when one or more of the lumens is obstructed, and in which said lumens are generally triangular in shape so that said drain has a truss shaped cross section to maximize resistance to mechanical compression.

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