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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Esculon, Llc, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Evan S. Luxon, Omaha, NE (US);
Daniel R. Burnett, San Francisco, CA (US);
Randy Preston, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ryan Coughlin, Omaha, NE (US);
Mark Ziegler, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Derek Wallin, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Esculon, LLC, Omaha, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); B67C 3/16 (2006.01); B65B 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/0035 (2014.02); A61M 1/008 (2013.01); A61M 1/0023 (2013.01); A61M 1/0033 (2014.02); A61M 1/0078 (2013.01); A61M 2205/14 (2013.01); A61M 2205/15 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3313 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3317 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3324 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3337 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a chest drainage system which reduces or eliminates pooling of blood/liquid and/or clogging/clotting in the drainage tube and/or chest tube, and provides objective and accurate measures of drained fluid volume and chest air leak. The chest drainage system continuously monitors chest tube and drainage tube status and clears pooled liquid in the drainage tube, and/or a clogged chest tube when necessary to restore negative pressure to the chest.