Extremity drainage devices, systems, and methods of use thereof

A drainage assembly configured to collect a bodily fluid of a patient and/or a related irrigation fluid during a medical procedure, the drainage assembly comprising:

• a receptacle having a bottom surface and an outer wall extending upward from a perimeter of the bottom surface to an edge, the bottom surface and the outer wall defining a cavity;
• the edge including a plurality of upper edge portions that substantially lie in a plane transverse to the outer wall and a plurality of lower edge portions, each lower edge portion connected to two upper edge portions;
• a drain opening positioned on or near the bottom surface;
• and
• a suction pump operatively connected to the drain opening and configured to help drain the collected fluid out of the receptacle;
• wherein the lower edge portions define in the outer wall at least two diametrically opposed side openings, each of the side openings having at least a partially curved profile at a bottom-most portion of the lower edge portion.

A method for collecting a bodily fluid of a patient and/or a related irrigation fluid with a drainage device, the method comprising:

• providing the drainage device, the drainage device comprising:
• a receptacle having a bottom surface and an outer wall extending upward from a perimeter of the bottom surface to an edge, the bottom surface and the outer wall defining a cavity;
• and
• the edge including a plurality of upper edge portions that substantially lie in a plane transverse to the outer wall and a plurality of lower edge portions, each lower edge portion connected to two upper edge portions;
• wherein the lower edge portions define in the outer wall at least two diametrically opposed side openings, each of the side openings having at least a partially curved profile at a bottom-most portion of the lower edge portion;
• positioning a portion of the patient within at least one of the side openings of the drainage device;
• and
• collecting, with the drainage device, the bodily fluid and/or the related irrigation fluid.