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AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsStephen Faul, Brian James VanDerWoude, Brian MacLachlan, Kevin Buckley, Peter LaDuke, Gerard Nunan, Michael Zollinger
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Quantifying blood loss with a medical waste collection system including a receiver with which a manifold is removably coupled. The manifold and/or the medical waste collection system is coupled with a fluid characterization module having a sensor assembly to detect a characteristic indicative of a blood concentration within fluid. The sensor assembly may include emitters, and sensors to detect light transmitted and scattered by the fluid in a suction path or a detection window. A first emitter may be a visible-light LED, and a second emitter an infrared LED. A fluid director may provide a tortuous path within the manifold and facilitate separation of gas and liquid within the fluid. Quantifying the blood loss volume may include determining the blood concentration within the fluid, and determining a volume of the collected fluid. Gain of the sensors may be adjusted based on the transmissivity of the collected fluid.
A manifold for quantifying blood within fluid and configured to be removably inserted into a manifold receiver of a medical waste collection system that includes a vacuum source, the manifold comprising:
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A manifold for quantifying blood within fluid and configured to be removably inserted into a manifold receiver of a medical waste collection system that includes a vacuum source, the manifold comprising:
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A manifold for quantifying blood within fluid and configured to be removably inserted into a manifold receiver of a medical waste collection system that includes a vacuum source, the manifold comprising:
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