METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAINING PLEURAL CAVITY Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A61M25/01 A61M27/00 A61B17/34 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method involves carrying out thoracocentesis, introducing draining tube and fixing it in chest wall. The tube is fixed by introducing corrugated part of device for draining pleural cavity into trocar stiletto cylinder sleeve, moving it into the pleural cavity and fixing corrugation near costal part of parietal pleura. The device has trocar, draining tube, tubular pusher for moving the tube into the pleural cavity and external fixing member. The trocar is manufactured as stiletto having an enveloping cylinder sleeve. The draining tube has corrugation manufactured some distance away from draining tube end, the distance being equal to purulent cavity size determined in X-ray examination. The corrugation collapses when being introduced into the cylinder sleeve. The fixing member is manufactured as plate having a hole tightly embracing the draining tube.

EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of treatment irrespectively of patient chest wall thickness; reliability and accuracy in tube fixation.

2 cl, 4 dwg