Surgical fluid management system with suction control

Apparatus for controlling the volume of surgical fluid present in a cavity (12) in the body of a patient during surgery includes a conduit to the cavity for conducting the surgical fluid therefrom to at least one receptacle (24), (26) for receiving the fluid from said cavity. A source of vacuum (18)...

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Hauptverfasser:	GRIFFITHS, STEVE, CLARE, CHRISTOPHER R
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:	Apparatus for controlling the volume of surgical fluid present in a cavity (12) in the body of a patient during surgery includes a conduit to the cavity for conducting the surgical fluid therefrom to at least one receptacle (24), (26) for receiving the fluid from said cavity. A source of vacuum (18) assists in withdrawing fluid from the cavity and a vacuum controller (46) interposed between the vacuum source and the receptacle controls the duration of time the receptacle is exposed to vacuum from the vacuum source. The apparatus preferably has a vacuum sensor (48) for sensing vacuum levels in the receptacle when disconnected from the source of vacuum and shares the source of vacuum with another application, giving priority to maintaining a proper vacuum level in the receptacle.