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Medical suction apparatus

  • US 5,437,651 A
  • Filed: 09/01/1993
  • Issued: 08/01/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for absorbing and collecting, into a fluid receptacle, blood and other interstitial fluids from a patient during the course of a surgical procedure comprising:

  • a. absorbing means for contacting and absorbing the fluid to be collected;

    b. backing means, attached to said absorbing means, for supporting said absorbing means, said backing means having a substantially centrally positioned orifice formed therein;

    c. delivery means, attached to the orifice of the backing means, for receiving suction force a suction source and delivering the suction force to the absorbing means; and

    d. suction force proportioning means, in communication with said backing means and said absorbing means, for directing distribution of the suction force from said suction means such that absorbed fluid is efficiently extracted from the absorbing means.

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