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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., West Jordan, UT (US);
Harrison M. Lazarus, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Abstract
Body cavity drainage devices and associated methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments a body cavity drainage device comprises a drainage tube having a proximal end and a distal end; and an automated means to move the distal end of the drainage tube about a body cavity of a patient. In some embodiments, the distal end of the drainage tube may be moved by one or more of the application of a magnetic field, the insertion or withdrawal of fluid from a closed lumen, and manipulation by an external motion generator. In additional embodiments, a body cavity drainage device includes at least a second open lumen for the insertion of a fluid into a body cavity. In yet further embodiments, an internal tissue may be massaged from within a body cavity of a patient.