DRAINAGE TAMPON Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61M27/00 A61F13/36 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medical equipment, particularly to surgical armaments, and aims at tamponing and draining of the cavities after various types of surgical operations. A drainage tampon consists of a body in the form of a tube with a gauze tampon placed inside. A funnel made of an elastic material is rigidly and axially mounted on a working end of the body. Four drain canals at an angle of 90° to each other are formed in the thickness of the body wall. Drain tubes that are rigidly fixed from the working end on an inner side of the funnel throughout the length and project over 2-3 cm from a non-working end of the body, pass through the drain canals. The gauze tampon is movable inside the body. One end of the gauze tampon projects from the working end of the body of the funnel length, and it is accordion-fold from the non-working end of the body and placed inside a plastic case that is fixed to the body with the use of an elastic ring placed in a circular groove on the body from its non-working end. The drainage tampon is provided with a removable hollow tip on the body from its working end, and with a clamping plate with holes rigidly fixed on the body from its non-working end.

EFFECT: invention provides fast and reliable hemostasis in the small pelvic and abdominal cavities, and in the retroperitoneal space in a combination with the pelvic organs, abdominal cavity and the retroperitoneal space protection against any damages when inserting, keeping and removing the gauze tampon, and the reduction of suppurative septic complications.

2 cl, 1 ex, 8 dwg