MANIFOLD ASSEMBLY

摘要

A manifold assembly (100) for directing and filtering material (102) from fluid flowing into a medical waste collection device (104) includes a plurality of inlet ports (116) and an outlet port (118) with a filter (108, 110, 112) disposed between the ports (116, 118) along a fluid path (120). An outlet check-valve (114) is disposed at the outlet port (118) for opening in response to a predetermined vacuum pressure applied to the outlet port (118) from the medical waste collection device (104).