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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:
Feb. 09, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralf Korpman, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Permacel, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128283 ; 128295 ; 128760 ; 128D / ; 150-3 ; 206265 ; 215200 ; 229 62 ;
Abstract
The invention describes surgical drainage bags suitable for receiving body fluids and wastes. One aspect of the invention is a self-sealing bag of flexible film in which the opening may be sealed by stretching, relaxing and pressing the sides of the opening together. Another aspect of the invention is the incorporation of an absorbent product into surgical bags. The preferred embodiment embraces both these aspects. Suitable materials for the bag and the absorbent products are described.