IP Library Granted Patent US 8,545,465
Granted Patent B2
US 8,545,465 · App. 12/623,504 · Granted Oct 1, 2013

Medical drainage device and a fill funnel for a medical drainage device

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Patent No.
US 8,545,465
App. No.
12/623,504
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medical drainage device is provided which includes a casing and a chamber for indicating the amount of suction applied to an animal or human body by the height of a water column. A fill funnel is further provided, which is attached to an opening in the casing for filling water through the opening into the chamber. The fill funnel has a configuration rendering the fill funnel selectively impermeable. A fill funnel and a method of manufacturing a fill funnel are also provided.

Claims (27)

1. A medical drainage device comprising:

a casing;

a chamber for indicating the amount of suction applied to an animal or human body by the height of a water column;

a dyeing device provided within the chamber for dyeing water therein; and

a fill funnel attached to an opening in the casing for filling water through an opening into the chamber; wherein the fill funnel is configured and dimensioned to be selectively impermeable to the dyeing device and selectively permeable to gas and liquid;

wherein the fill funnel includes a blocking device for rendering the fill funnel selectively impermeable, and

wherein the blocking device is a bar across an inner side of the fill funnel.

2. Medical drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the blocking device is a cloth.

3. The medical drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the blocking device is configured and dimensioned to reduce an inner size and a diameter of the fill funnel.

4. The medical drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the blocking device is a cross within the fill funnel.

5. The medical drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the blocking device includes at least one bar protruding from the inner walls of the fill funnel.

6. The medical drainage device according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one bar is a circumferential bar.

7. The medical drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the fill funnel is flush with the casing.

8. The medical drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the fill funnel is at least partly inserted into the opening.

9. The medical drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the fill funnel is disposed on connection means protruding from the casing around the opening.

10. The medical drainage device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixation device for fixedly attaching the fill funnel to the casing.

11. The medical drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the chamber is a patient assessment manometer chamber.

12. The medical drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the fill funnel is attached to the medical drainage device by a string.

13. A fill funnel for a medical drainage device, the fill funnel being attachable to an opening in a casing of the medical drainage device for enabling water to fill through the opening into a chamber, wherein the fill funnel includes a blocking device for rendering the fill funnel selectively impermeable, and wherein the blocking device is a bar across an inner side of the fill funnel.

14. A medical drainage device comprising:

a casing; and

a chamber for indicating the amount of suction applied to an animal or human body by the height of a water column; and

a fill funnel attached to an opening in the casing for filling water through an opening into the chamber; wherein the fill funnel includes a blocking device for rendering the fill funnel selectively impermeable,

wherein the blocking device is a bar across an inner side of the fill funnel.

15. The medical drainage device according to claim 14 , wherein the fill funnel is configured and dimensioned to be impermeable to components and particles exceeding a predefined size.

16. The medical drainage device according to claim 14 , wherein the fill funnel is configured and dimensioned to be permeable to gas and liquid.

17. The medical drainage device according to claim 1 , wherein the fill funnel is configured and dimensioned to be impermeable to components and particles exceeding a predefined size.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2017
From: COVIDIEN LP
To: KPR U.S., LLC
Reel/Frame 044129/0389 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2010
From: DALY, PAUL J.; SWISHER, DAVID RORK
To: COVIDIEN AG
Reel/Frame 023771/0214 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 13, 2010
From: COVIDIEN AG
To: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 023771/0252 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2010
From: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP AG
To: COVIDIEN AG
Reel/Frame 023771/0268 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2010
From: COVIDIEN AG
To: TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP
Reel/Frame 023771/0327 →