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US 4,072,153 AGranted
Post hysterectomy fluid drainage tube
OwnerWilliam H. Swartzinventor
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Abstract
A flexible surgical T tube for use as a post hysterectomy fluid drainage tube having a plurality of drain ports extending across the top of the cross tube having open ends thereof and the ports extending around the periphery of the tube and with a top central port designed for tube removal after implantation thereof by simple non-surgical withdrawal.
Claims1
A flexible surgical T tube for insertion into the retroperitoneal space of a patient following hysterectomy for removing fluid and debris therefrom, comprising;
- a pair of independent tubes connected together in parallel defining a double lumen tube, said tubes diverging at one end and each terminating in an arm thereby defining a pair of independent substantially colinear divergent arms of approximately 1 1/2 inches in length generally forming an overall T configuration;
- a plurality of drainage ports formed in and disposed around the periphery of each of said arms;
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- each of said arms terminating in an open port.
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