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Continuous vacuum wound drainage system

US4569674A · kind A · utility

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32Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 3, 1982
Grant dateFeb 11, 1986
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2205/8206
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A continuous vacuum drainage system for wound drainage. A base unit has apparatus responsive to releasable attachment thereto of a drain reservoir for evacuating the reservoir to a subatmospheric pressure in a predetermined range. The drain reservoir is continuously operable before, during and after release from the base unit for uninterrupted suction draining of a wound.

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