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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry H Dodge, St. Charles, MO (US);
Byron G Economidy, Manchester, MO (US);
Assignee:
Sherwood Medical Industries Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128276 ; 128D / ; 128D / ; 2325 / ;
Abstract
A thoracic drainage device including a container for receiving drainage fluid, and a drainage tube for connecting the pleural cavity of a patient to be drained to the container, the outlet end of the tube being disposed below the level of liquid in the container to provide a liquid seal. The container includes a gas outlet for connection with the atmosphere or to a source of vacuum, and an annular defoaming member in close surrounding relation with the drainage tube and in the flow path of gas flowing from the drainage tube to the gas outlet for minimizing foam.