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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
C. Kenneth French, Cranfills, TX (US);
Garrett L. Barker, Meridian, TX (US);
Melvin E. Levinson, Miami, FL (US);
Scion Valley, Inc., Meridian, TX (US);
Abstract
The in-line specimen trap operates in conjunction with a suction or irrigation line and a second line leading to a surgical site. The trap includes a specimen container, a cap coupled to the specimen container and an operator controlled, multi-modal valve disposed in or on the cap. The valve includes at least a bypass passage and a container input port and a container output port. The bypass passage limits flow exclusively between the first and second lines, that is, between the suction/irrigation line and the line leading to the surgical site. The position of an operator control interface determines the selection of the bypass mode or trap and collection mode. The method establishes, under operator control, a bypass channel between the first and second lines channels under operator control, the specimen fluid and debris from the second line through the specimen container to the first line, and, closes the specimen container after the channeling step.