Chest Drainage System Securing Apparatus

A chest drainage system for removing air, blood, and other abnormal infectious or malignant fluids from a chest cavity or pleural space in a human or, in veterinary applications, in an animal patient, the patient having body, the body including an outer surface having a contour, anatomical areas or spaces located in the body, a chest, a chest wall, a chest cavity or pleural space, a diaphragm, a torso, an outer surface skin, and lungs, the drainage system comprising:

• a chest tube having a semi-rigid elongate body, the semi-rigid elongate body including a patient end, a curvilinear portion operatively connected to the patient end, the curvilinear portion being adapted to permit insertion of the patient end of the chest tube through an external incision or aperture formed in a patient's skin and in the outer surface of the patient's body and into the patient's chest cavity or pleural space, a machine end, and a continuous sidewall extending between the machine end and the curvilinear portion, the continuous sidewall forming a hollow drainage portion or conduit adapted to conform and to be secured to the outer surface of the patient's chest cavity and torso;
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• a drainage system securing apparatus or assembly, the drainage system securing assembly including a removable incision seal adhesive pad, an incision seal subassembly, and a tube clamp subassembly, the incision seal subassembly and the tube clamp subassembly being operatively connected to the removable incision seal adhesive pad.