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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:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1987
Michael J Kerwin, Ballwin, MO (US);
Sherwood Medical Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A drainage device for draining fluids from the pleural cavity into a collection chamber, the device including a housing having a collection chamber therein and apparatus for supporting a liquid seal chamber in the chamber above the collection chamber. The liquid seal chamber includes a connection to a drainage device in a patient and apparatus enabling visible monitoring of the condition in the liquid seal chamber including at the location where fluids and gases from the patient enter the liquid seal chamber. The device has a novel overflow arrangement for materials to move from the liquid seal chamber into the collection chamber and it has a novel baffle assembly located in the liquid seal chamber to separate the liquid seal chamber into distinct chamber portions.