MEDICAL SUCTION SYSTEM AND DISPOSABLE CONTAINER

摘要

A portable, adjustable disposable medical suction system and method of use is disclosed. The system includes a delivery device to provide a conduit from a surgical site on a patient to the portable, adjustable medical suction system. The suction system may be a battery powered vacuum pump with one or more different adjustments directed to a strength of the vacuum, duration of the vacuum and interval between suction. The delivery device may be an intranasal tampon device or a tube inserted into the surgical site. During surgery and recovery at a surgical center or hospital, the vacuum source attached to the delivery system may be an industrial type vacuum source. Upon discharge, the suction system can be connected to the delivery system so that bleeding can be resolved by the patient in the comfort of his/her own home. The system and method of use is safer and mitigates body fluid borne contamination.

主权项

1. A portable medical fluid management system for withdrawing bodily fluid from a patient after surgery, the system comprising:
an elongate tube defining a first portion having a plurality of apertures and a second opposite portion, the first portion being disposable under a skin of the patient at a surgical site for withdrawing bodily fluid from the surgical site, the second portion disposed outside of the skin of the patient, the first and second portions being in fluid communication with each other; a collection container removably attachable to the second portion of the elongate tube; a portable vacuum source attached to the second portion for creating a suction in the elongate tube so that bodily fluid under the skin at the surgical site is removed from the surgical site and transferred to the collection container; wherein the system mitigates body fluid borne contamination.