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Astra Meditec Aktiebolag

Aktiebolaget Meteve

Astra-sjuco Aktiebolag

Fred V Ekbladh

Hans Tillander

Ivan E Olsson

A surgical trocar comprising a flattened oblong unit having at the front end an angled sharpened cutting edge, and at the rear end a device for removably attaching a tube for drainage or other purposes. The trocar's cutting edge produces fissure-shaped skin incisions which heal more easily than circular wounds, and the trocar's flattened shape reduces the risk of slippage and attendant damages to the patient and/or surgeon's hand from such slippage.

Trocar

The present invention relates to a catheter intended for postsurgical drainage of a wound area after a surgical incision and particularly such a catheter which is connected to a wound secretion receiver being provided with a vacuo. The catheter is characterized in that it at its front end is provided with at least one slot (6), which extends along the catheter (1), whereby throughopenings (9) are arranged from the bottom of the slot (6) to a lumen (2) arranged centrally in the catheter (1). Using the present invention no suction-in of tissue into the lumen (2) of the catheter (1) will occur but the catheter can be removed without applying any greater force and without obtaining any trauma in the wound.

Catheter for postsurgical drainage

Surgical aspiration catheter

Suction drainage device for surgical purposes

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Saro, Sweden

Fred V Ekbladh