Collection jar and collection basket for surgical use

A collection subassembly comprising a collection basket and a collection jar for collecting non-liquid material from a mixture of liquid and non-liquid material obtained during surgery;

• the collection basket having:
• at least one basket sidewall that forms a perimeter between a basket bottom and a rigid upper portion of the collection basket;
• the at least one basket sidewall and the basket bottom forming a container with an open top end;
• a permeable portion of the collection basket being liquid permeable;
• and
• the collection basket sized relative to the collection jar so that a gap exists between the collection basket and the collection jar;
• and
• the gap fluidly connected to ajar outlet;
• the collection jar comprising:
• a walled perimeter of the collection jar joined to a bottom surface of the collection jar;
• the walled perimeter of the collection jar defining an open end that may be reversibly sealed with ajar top;
• ajar inlet located on the walled perimeter;
• the jar outlet located on the walled perimeter;
• and
• the jar inlet located closer to the open end than the jar outlet;
• the collection subassembly adapted to respond to suction applied to the jar outlet while a jar top is sealing the collection jar to pull liquid and non-liquid material through a section of tubing connected to the jar inlet of the collection jar;
• the mixture of liquid and non-liquid material passing into the collection basket with much of the liquid leaving the collection basket through the permeable portion of the collection basket to enter the gap between the collection basket and the collection jar and then out the jar outlet leaving collected non-liquid material in the collection basket;
• and
• the collection subassembly adapted to allow removal of the jar top from the collection jar and then removal of the collection basket from the collection jar to retrieve the collected non-liquid material from the collection basket:
• without disconnecting a suction line from the jar outlet;
• and
• without disconnecting the section of tubing from the jar inlet.