Receptacle for collecting fluids

A receptacle for collecting fluid, channeling the fluid along a receptacle-supporting surface and discharging the fluid from beneath the receptacle to a suction source, said receptacle comprising a flexible body of small thickness relative to its length and width and having upper and lower surfaces, a plurality of basins formed by the upper surface, peripheries of the basins forming a pattern of ridges, a manifold of recesses formed by the lower surface such that the lower surface has channels that open downwardly and surface portions about the channels that engage and substantially seal against the receptacle-supporting surface, said channels communicating with each other and being isolated from communicating directly with an edge of the receptacle to constrain fluid to an area beneath the body, a drain in each basin opening into a channel at a location below said pattern of ridges and above said surface portions, and a discharge port communicating with the channels, said discharge port being constructed and arranged to connect with a suction source.

A receptacle for collecting fluid comprised of a body of small thickness relative to its length and width and having an upper and lower surface, a plurality of shallow basins formed by the upper surface and channels in the lower surface communicating with the basins and isolated from communicating directly with an edge of the receptacle to constrain fluid to an area beneath the basins, and a discharge port communicating with a plurality of said channels.

A receptacle mat for use on the floor of an operating room to collect and facilitate removal of fluid that would otherwise flow onto the floor during a procedure, said receptacle mat comprising a flexible body of small thickness relative to its length and width and having a lower supporting surface constructed to lie and seal against and follow the contour of the floor and an upper surface having a plurality of hollows in the form of shallow basins having drain openings that communicate to the lower surface, a passage formed in the lower surface communicating with said drains and isolated from direct communication with the body periphery so that fluid entering the passage from the drains is constrained by the lower surface to an area beneath the body, and a discharge port communicating with the passage at the periphery of the body constructed and arranged to connect with a suction source.