DRAINING DEVICE FOR PLEURAL CAVITY Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC A61M25/01 A61M27/00 A61B17/34 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medical equipment and can be applied at cavity operations. Draining device for pleural cavity contains draining tube and external fixer to chest wall, made in form of plate with opening. Draining tube is made with extension on the end. In tube wall made are longitudinal canals, their free butts are open on extended tube end. Peripheral end of draining tube is connected with transitional bush, provided with ring-shaped canal, which is connected with force branch pipe, through which washing liquid gets into longitudinal canals. Output branch pipe of bush is connected with tube which removes, washing liquid together with pleural liquid out of central canal.

EFFECT: expansion of functional possibilities due to additional introduction of pleural cavity washing simultaneously with drainage; increase of washing quality as a result of absence of limits on washing time and volume of introduced liquid.

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