# US 2014/0196805 A1 · Surgical suction floor mat > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196805 A1 - Document ID: US20140196805A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/743,681 - Filed: 2013-01-17 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-17 - Assignees: DeRoyal Industries, Inc. - Inventors: Benny Tanhehco; Lee Freeman; Joshua Garvey; Mark Justice; Craig Fernandes - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196805A1 ## CPC - A61G 13/102: {Fluid drainage means for collecting bodily fluids from the operating table, e.g. for blood, urine (drainage on the patient A61M1/00)} - A61G 10/00: Treatment rooms {or enclosures} for medical purposes (baby incubators, couveuses A61G11/00; devices for gas baths with ozone, hydrogen or the like A61H33/14 {; for isolating individuals from external stimuli A61M21/0094} ; containers or portable cabins for affording breathing protection in general A62B31/00) - A61M 1/84: {Drainage tubes; Aspiration tips (for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/90; for surgical cutting instruments A61B17/32)} - A61B 50/10: Furniture specially adapted for surgical or diagnostic appliances or instruments - Y10T 137/5762: With leakage or drip collecting - Y10T 137/86083: Vacuum pump - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A surgical suction mat for collecting and evacuating surgical fluids, the mat including a foam body having a surrounding border; a series of grooves defined on a first portion of the foam body and located interior of the border and defined substantially across the foam body, the grooves uniformly increasing in depth from adjacent a first side of the border of the foam body to a location adjacent an opposite second side of the border of the foam body, the grooves each being closed at a first end proximate the first side of the foam body and open an opposite second end; a plurality of spaced apart upper surfaces in-between the grooves and being of substantially uniform elevation to permit a relatively uniform and level upper mat surface on which a user can stand; a collection channel defined on a second portion of the foam body, the channel extending substantially perpendicular across the grooves, the collection channel being closed at each end and along one side of its length and the other side of the channel being open to and in flow communication with the grooves; and a suction fitting in fluid communication with the channel and placeable in flow communication with a source of suction to evacuate fluids from the channel through the suction fitting. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A surgical suction mat for collecting and evacuating surgical fluids, comprising: a foam body having a surrounding border; a series of grooves defined on a first portion of the foam body and located interior of the border and defined substantially across the foam body, the grooves uniformly increasing in depth from adjacent a first side of the border of the foam body to a location adjacent an opposite second side of the border of the foam body, the grooves each being closed at a first end proximate the first side of the foam body and open an opposite second end; a plurality of spaced apart upper surfaces in-between the grooves and being of substantially uniform elevation to permit a relatively uniform and level upper mat surface on which a user can stand; a collection channel defined on a second portion of the foam body, the channel extending substantially perpendicular across the grooves, the collection channel being closed at each end and along one side of its length and the other side of the channel being open to and in flow communication with the grooves; and a suction fitting in fluid communication with the channel and placeable in flow communication with a source of suction to evacuate fluids from the channel through the suction fitting. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The suction mat of claim 1, wherein the foam body is of one-piece construction ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The suction mat of claim 1, wherein the foam body is made of a substantially fluid impermeable foam material. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The suction mat of claim 1, wherein the portions of the border immediately adjacent the grooves have an elevation substantially corresponding to the elevation of the upper surfaces in-between the grooves. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The suction mat of claim 1, wherein the collection channel is sloped from at least one of the closed ends toward the location of the suction fitting. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The suction mat of claim 5, wherein the collection channel is sloped from both of the closed ends toward the location of the suction fitting. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The suction mat of claim 5, wherein the suction fitting is located substantially centrally along the collection channel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The suction mat of claim 1, wherein the suction fitting is in flow communication with a filter located within the collection channel, the filter comprising a reticulated foam filter that diffuses suction forces provided by the source of suction to reduce noises associated with suction removal of fluids and provides a plurality of reduced size flow channels which serve to filter particles in the fluid to be evacuated from entering the suction fitting. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The suction mat of claim 8, further comprising a cut out in the grooves proximate the filter to provide additional space in the collection channel at the location of the filter to receive a larger sized filter in the collection channel.