Liquid collection system and related methods
AssigneeAllegiance Corporation
InventorsThomas L. Michaels, Russ A. Johnson, Jeannie Thomas
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Abstract
Various embodiments of a fluid collection system having multiple storage chambers are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the system may include a first chamber in fluid communication with a suction source and a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber. The second chamber may have a volume less than a volume of the first chamber. The second chamber may also comprise an inlet port for connecting to an external tube. The system may be configured to selectively drain liquid from the second chamber into the first chamber.
Claims13
A medical waste fluid collection system for collecting medical waste during a medical procedure, comprising:
- a first fluid chamber in fluid communication with a suction source;
- a second fluid chamber defining an internal space and located externally to the first fluid chamber, the second fluid chamber including a connector port for connecting to a suction tube through which medical waste fluid is collected in the second fluid chamber;
- a volume control mechanism located at least partially within the internal space of the second fluid chamber and extending through a bottom portion of the second fluid chamber;
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- a drainage port configured to selectively drain the medical waste fluid collected in the internal space of the second fluid chamber into the first fluid chamber when the fluid collected in the second chamber has exceeded a maximum fluid level indicated by the volume control mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.