Spill protection basin for surgeries

A spill protection basin adapted to surround an open-wound surgical site on the skin of a patient and to prevent spilling overflow irrigation fluid therefrom, the basin comprising:

• a perimeter wall defining an inner volume;
• a plurality of suction ports formed in the perimeter wall adjacent to a bottom end thereof, the plurality of suction ports configured to permit drawing fluid from said inner volume when suction is applied thereto;
• a first channel in communication with the plurality of suction ports and located entirely outside the perimeter wall;
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• a first suction nozzle in communication with the first channel,
• wherein the first channel has an open bottom end that is configured to be closed by a surface surrounding the surgical site when the basin rests on said surface, and wherein a vacuum is generated within the first channel when suction is applied thereto via said first suction nozzle so as to secure the basin to said surface and form a seal therewith.

A method for preventing spilling overflow of irrigation fluid from an open-wound surgical site of a patient, comprising:

• positioning a basin around the open-wound surgical site, the basin comprising:
• a perimeter wall having a thickness and defining an inner volume for containing the overflow of irrigation fluid, and
• a first channel located outside the perimeter wall and located entirely outside the inner volume, said first channel having an open bottom end, wherein the basin is positioned such that the perimeter wall and the first channel surround the open-wound surgical site, wherein the basin is positioned so that said open bottom end of the first channel is closed by a skin surface of the patient surrounding said surgical site, and wherein the perimeter wall comprises a plurality of suction ports formed at a bottom end thereof and in communication with the first channel;
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• applying suction to the plurality of suction ports to draw fluid radially outward from said inner volume through said plurality of suction ports and into the first channel, and wherein said suction generates a vacuum within the first channel so as to secure the basin to the skin surface and form a seal therewith.

A spill protection basin adapted to surround an open-wound surgical site of a patient to prevent spilling overflow irrigation fluid therefrom, the basin comprising:

• a perimeter wall defining an inner volume whose cross-sectional area narrows downwardly towards a bottom end thereof;
• a plurality of suction ports formed in the perimeter wall adjacent to the bottom end thereof, the plurality of suction ports configured to permit drawing fluid from said inner volume when suction is applied thereto;
• a first channel in communication with the plurality of suction ports and continuously surrounding an outer surface of the bottom end of said perimeter wall;
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• a second channel disposed adjacent to said first channel and having an open bottom end configured to be closed by a surface surrounding the surgical site when the basin is positioned on that surface,
• wherein a suction drawn against each of the first and second channels will be effective to draw fluid through the plurality of suction ports into the first channel and to generate a vacuum within the second channel so as to secure the basin to the surface and form a seal therewith.