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Chest tube drainage system

  • US 7,824,384 B2
  • Filed: 08/10/2005
  • Issued: 11/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A suction device comprising:

  • a pump operatively connected to a power supply;

    a desiccant material in a desiccant chamber fluidly connected to the pump;

    a tube fluidly connected to the desiccant chamber through a tube connection;

    a terminus having a first lumen and a second lumen fluidly connected to the tube on an end opposite the tube connection, the first lumen and the second lumen sharing a same wall; and

    a plurality of fenestrations positioned through the first lumen and the second lumen to allow air and liquid to flow between the first lumen and the second lumen;

    wherein the first lumen is larger than the second lumen to permit a higher flow rate in the first lumen than in the second lumen.

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