Surgical waste collection assembly with a manifold receiver and a manifold with complementary features that faciliate the alignment of the manifold with the manifold receiver
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1. A medical/surgical waste collection assembly, said assembly including:
- a manifold, said manifold including;
a housing with proximal and distal ends, a longitudinal axis that extends between the proximal and distal ends and an outlet opening at the proximal end, the outlet opening being off center from the longitudinal axis of the manifold housing; and
a fitting that extends from the distal end of said manifold housing, said fitting shaped to receive a suction line and being in fluid communication with the outlet opening of said manifold housing; and
a waste collection unit including;
a first canister for holding medical/surgical waste;
a suction pump in fluid communication with said first canister, said suction pump configured to draw a suction on said first canister; and
a first receiver adjacent said first canister, said first receiver shaped to have;
a bore dimensioned to receive said manifold housing, the bore having an open distal end into which said manifold housing is inserted and having a proximal end in fluid communication with said first canister; and
an axis that extends through the bore,wherein;
said manifold housing and said first receiver are collectively configured so that said manifold housing is able to rotate in the bore of said first receiver;
said manifold and said first receiver are formed with complementary alignment features that engage when the manifold is inserted into the bore of said first receiver so as to cause the outlet opening of said manifold housing to be, upon insertion into the bore, in a specific rotational alignment in the bore; and
said first receiver is attached to said first canister so that the axis through the receiver bore is angled from the horizontal and said alignment features of said manifold and said first receiver are arranged so that, when said manifold is initially inserted into the bore of said first receiver, the outlet opening of said manifold housing is in a first rotational position about the axis through the receiver bore and, when said manifold housing is rotated in the bore, the outlet opening is in a second rotational position about the axis through the receiver bore so that the outlet opening is located below the position of the outlet opening when the outlet opening is in the first rotational position.
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A surgical waste collection unit with a receiver for removably holding a manifold to which suction lines are connected. The receiver is mounted to the waste collection unit to be at an acute angle relative to the horizontal. The receiver is further configured to allow the manifold to be rotated in the receiver. This means the manifold can be rotated from a first position in which the manifold outlet opening is aligned with the conduit through which waste is flowed from the receiver and a second position in which the manifold outlet opening is elevated relative to the first position.
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1. A medical/surgical waste collection assembly, said assembly including:
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a manifold, said manifold including; a housing with proximal and distal ends, a longitudinal axis that extends between the proximal and distal ends and an outlet opening at the proximal end, the outlet opening being off center from the longitudinal axis of the manifold housing; and a fitting that extends from the distal end of said manifold housing, said fitting shaped to receive a suction line and being in fluid communication with the outlet opening of said manifold housing; and a waste collection unit including; a first canister for holding medical/surgical waste; a suction pump in fluid communication with said first canister, said suction pump configured to draw a suction on said first canister; and a first receiver adjacent said first canister, said first receiver shaped to have;
a bore dimensioned to receive said manifold housing, the bore having an open distal end into which said manifold housing is inserted and having a proximal end in fluid communication with said first canister; and
an axis that extends through the bore,wherein; said manifold housing and said first receiver are collectively configured so that said manifold housing is able to rotate in the bore of said first receiver; said manifold and said first receiver are formed with complementary alignment features that engage when the manifold is inserted into the bore of said first receiver so as to cause the outlet opening of said manifold housing to be, upon insertion into the bore, in a specific rotational alignment in the bore; and said first receiver is attached to said first canister so that the axis through the receiver bore is angled from the horizontal and said alignment features of said manifold and said first receiver are arranged so that, when said manifold is initially inserted into the bore of said first receiver, the outlet opening of said manifold housing is in a first rotational position about the axis through the receiver bore and, when said manifold housing is rotated in the bore, the outlet opening is in a second rotational position about the axis through the receiver bore so that the outlet opening is located below the position of the outlet opening when the outlet opening is in the first rotational position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A medical/surgical waste collection assembly, said assembly including:
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a manifold, said manifold including; a housing with proximal and distal ends, a longitudinal axis that extends between the proximal and distal ends and an outlet opening at the proximal end, the outlet opening being off center from the longitudinal axis of the manifold housing; a fitting that extends from the distal end of said manifold housing, said fitting shaped to receive a suction line and being in fluid communication with the outlet opening of said manifold housing; and two tabs that extend outwardly from said manifold housing, wherein said tabs subtend arcs of different arcuate lengths around said manifold housing; and a waste collection unit including; a first canister for holding medical/surgical waste; a suction pump in fluid communication with said first canister, said suction pump configured to draw a suction on said first canister; and a first receiver adjacent said first canister, said first receiver shaped to have;
a bore dimensioned to receive said manifold housing, the bore having an open distal end into which said manifold housing is inserted and having a proximal end in fluid communication with said first canister wherein an axis extends through the bore;
two slots that extend outwardly from the bore, the slots subtending arcs of different arcuate lengths so that each slot can receive a separate one of said manifold tabs; and
two grooves, each groove extending arcuately away from a separate one of said slots and being dimensioned to receive a separate one of said manifold tabs,wherein; said manifold housing and said first receiver are collectively configured so that said manifold housing is rotatable in the bore of said first receiver; and said first receiver is attached to said first canister so that the axis through the receiver bore is angled from the horizontal and said tabs of said manifold and the slots and said grooves of said first receiver are arranged so that, when said tabs of said manifold are initially inserted into the slots of said receiver, the outlet opening of said manifold housing is in a first rotational position about the axis through the receiver bore and, when said manifold housing is rotated in the bore, the outlet opening is in a second rotational position about the axis through the receiver bore so that the outlet opening is located below the position of the outlet opening when the outlet opening is in the first rotational position. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A medical waste collection mobile unit for use with a manifold having an inlet fitting, an outlet opening that is off center relative to a longitudinal axis through the manifold and at least one outwardly extending tab, said system including:
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a mobile cart; a first canister mounted to said cart; a suction pump mounted to said cart in fluid communication with the first canister for drawing a suction on the first canister; a first receiver mounted to said cart adjacent said first canister, said first receiver having;
a bore, the bore having an open distal end, a proximal end in fluid communication with said first canister, an axis between the ends and the bore being dimensioned to receive the manifold and allow the manifold to rotate in the bore;
a fluid communications path from the receiver bore into said first canister; and
at least one slot that extends outwardly from the bore, the slot dimensioned to receive the manifold tab;
a groove that extends from a proximal end of the at least one slot, the groove dimensioned to receive the manifold tab and so that the tab can rotate in the groove wherein, said first receiver is attached to said first canister so that the axis through the receiver bore is angled from the horizontal so that, when the tab of the manifold is initially inserted into the slot of said first receiver, the outlet opening of the manifold is in a first rotational position about the axis through the receiver bore and, when the manifold is rotated in the bore, the outlet opening is in a second rotational position about the axis through the receiver bore so that the outlet opening is located below the position of the outlet opening when the outlet opening is in the first rotational position. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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