Device for aspirating fluids from hospital operating room floor
OwnerJ. Aaron Heintzinventor
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Abstract
A suction device for removing liquids from a surface such as a floor. The device includes an air chamber formed from a top and a bottom plate, each of the plates having a respective top and bottom surface. The air chamber is in fluid communication with a fitting adjacent thereto. The bottom plate includes a plurality of holes therethrough. The bottom surface of the bottom plate additionally includes fabric adjacent thereto and feet to hold the bottom plate of the device up off the floor to enable fluid to be suctioned through the bottom plate holes and into the chamber via a conventional source of suction.
Claims8
A floor engaging moveable suction device for removing liquids from a floor, the device having an outer surface, defining means to permit the device to be kicked to different locations on the floor, the device comprising an air chamber in fluid connection with a vacuum source, and means comprising floor contacting feet extending away from the air chamber to hold the device up and away from contact with the floor and a suction line being secured to the air chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.