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US 7,066,917 B2Granted
Oral gastric lavage kit with matched aspiration stream apertures
OwnerAnthony R. Talamontiinventor
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Abstract
A kit includes all the materials necessary for oral gastric lavage in a single pouch. The components, many of which are common hospital supplies, may thus be pre-selected to work together in critical applications and to resist clogging.
Claims11
A kit for oral gastric lavage comprising:
- a dual lumen catheter having an in-patient end perforated with a plurality of catheter openings having catheter opening sizes;
- an aspiration valve fitting at an out-patient end of the dual lumen catheter for moderating the vacuum on the catheter, the aspiration valve having a valve opening size;
- a collection vessel attachable to the aspiration valve and having an inlet port having a port opening size;
- wherein the catheter opening size is selected to be no greater than the valve opening size and the port opening size;
- and
- wherein the vacuum tube includes a corkscrew spiral causing a vortex flow in the vacuum tube.
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A kit for oral gastric lavage comprising:
- a dual lumen catheter having an in-patient end perforated with a plurality of catheter openings having catheter opening sizes;
- an aspiration valve fitting at an out-patient end of the dual lumen catheter for moderating the vacuum on the catheter, the aspiration valve having a valve opening size;
- a collection vessel attachable to the aspiration valve and having an inlet port having a port opening size;
- wherein the catheter opening size is selected to be no greater than the valve opening size and the port opening size;
- and
- wherein the dual catheter includes a radio opaque marker.
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A kit for oral gastric lavage comprising:
- a dual lumen catheter having an in-patient end perforated with a plurality of catheter openings having catheter opening sizes;
- an aspiration valve fitting at an out-patient end of the dual lumen catheter for moderating the vacuum on the catheter, the aspiration valve having a valve opening size;
- a collection vessel attachable to the aspiration valve and having an inlet port having a port opening size;
- wherein the catheter opening size is selected to be no greater than the valve opening size and the port opening size;
- and
- wherein the kit further includes a lavage bag holding a lavage liquid and having a connector attaching to one lumen of the dual lumen catheter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.