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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dietmar Wolter, 2050 Hamburg 80, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604265 ; 604 93 ; 604264 ;
Abstract
A suction drain for the aspiration of fluids from a body, comprising an elongated, tubular first portion to be introduced into a body, the first portion having a generally constant outer diameter and a plurality of openings along substantially its entire length, an interior portion, an exterior surface, and a terminal end supporting an antibacterial material, wherein the antibacterial material is in the form of an end-cap which extends longitudinally outward from the terminal end of the first portion and which has an outer diameter that is no larger than the outer diameter of the first portion.