US 2011/0238022 A1Published application

Corporeal drainage system

OwnerShayna Massi, Griffin Strole +8inventors

InventorsShayna Massi, Griffin Strole, Jim Kantola, Tony Looper, Monica Sanders, Maria Lukas, Steve Latham, Jesse Darley, Nick Reback, Kent Kallsen

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Abstract

A system and method for collecting fluid from a patient is disclosed. The system includes two plates separated by restoring force providing members and straps allowing the system to be placed in expanded and compressed modes. The system is a single use system that prevents the re-use of the system once it has been drained of collected fluid. Methods for fabricating the system are also disclosed, including a method that bonds two plates together to create an assembled version of the system.

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Dependent claims

A corporal drainage system for draining fluid from a patient including;

two plates positioned opposite each other;
at least one restoring force providing member positioned between the plates;
a mechanism for securing the plates in a compressed mode wherein the at least one restoring force providing member is compressed;
a mechanism for releasing the two plates in an extended mode wherein the at least one restoring force providing member is extended;
a seal between the two plates and an intake port, wherein such that when the plates are in the extended mode, a vacuum is exerted on the intake port;
and
a conduit connecting the intake port to the patient, wherein the vacuum exerted on the intake port draws fluid from the patient.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.