| 摘要 |
<p>Apparatus for draining surgical wounds is disclosed. The apparatus consists of a container which includes a vacuum chamber and a fluid collection chamber. A manual vacuum pump is in fluid communication with the vacuum chamber but isolated from the fluid collection chamber by a hydrophobic and bacteriostatic filter to prevent contamination of the pump with collected fluid and ejection of hazardous airborne contaminants into the atmosphere. The advantages include an inexpensive, versatile, easy to operate wound drainage system which eliminates the requirement for sterilization and the handling of wound drainage wastes, and a convenient manual vacuum pump which may be operated to evacuate the container to any desired subatmospheric pressure, which can be maintained or adjusted during postoperative use so that an optimum postoperative wound drainage regimen can be followed.</p> |
