摘要 |
<p>A liquid drainage system (10) comprising a combination urine meter element (12) and drainage receptacle (14); said urine meter element having front and rear walls defining a chamber adapted to receive and measure urine output, the urine meter having an inlet port for receiving urine output from a patient, means defining a drip chamber adapted to direct urine from said inlet port to a burette compartment (44) for measuring urine output situated within said chamber beneath said inlet port, an upper portion of said rear wall having an opening (30) therein for discharging urine from said element, and a deflector adjacent an upper portion of the opening in said element and being tapered toward the opening, whereby to direct urine within the element through the opening when the bottom of the element is raised to divert the urine toward said opening; and a preferably flexible drainage receptacle (14) having front and rear walls (80,82) joined to define a cavity in said receptacle, the front wall of said receptacle having an opening (86) therein joined in fluid communication with the opening (30) in the rear wall of said urine meter element to permit discharge of urine from said urine meter element to said receptacle, said receptacle having valve means (88) for emptying the receptacle <IMAGE></p> |