Corporeal drainage system
AssigneeMerit Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsMark A. Christensen, Steven M. Smith, Jim C. Beasley, Kelly B. Powers
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Abstract
A catheter connector assembly which may be included with a corporeal drainage system, and a method of draining fluid from a bodily cavity. The catheter connector assembly may include a catheter connector and a drainage line connector. The catheter connector may include a connector body with a coupling feature, a deformable sealing element, and a retaining member. The drainage line connector may include a drainage line body first and second hinge clips, and an actuator. The actuator is designed to deform the deformable sealing element when the drainage line connector is coupled to the catheter connector.
Claims15
A corporeal drainage system, comprising:
- a connection tube;
- a collapsible fluid receptacle for receiving bodily fluid, the collapsible fluid receptacle in fluid communication with the connection tube,
- wherein the collapsible fluid receptacle is configured to retain the bodily fluid and to produce a negative pressure within the corporeal drainage system to initiate drainage from a bodily cavity,
- wherein the collapsible fluid receptacle is configured to siphon the bodily fluid as the collapsible fluid receptacle expands from a collapsed state to an expanded state, and
- wherein the collapsible fluid receptacle is configured to be suspended and coupled to a weight.
A method of using a corporeal drainage system, comprising:
- obtaining a corporeal drainage system, comprising:
- a connection tube;
- a collapsible fluid container for receiving bodily fluid;
- suspending the collapsible fluid container;
- applying an initial activation force to the collapsible fluid container to produce a negative pressure within the corporeal drainage system to initiate drainage from a bodily cavity;
- and
- expanding the collapsible fluid container,
- wherein the collapsible fluid container is configured to siphon the bodily fluid as the collapsible fluid container expands from a collapsed state to an expanded state, and wherein a weight is coupled to the collapsible fluid container to increase a flow rate of the bodily fluid into the collapsible fluid container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.