公开(公告)号：US11103623B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US16052099

申请日：2018-08-01

申请人： Gregory John Hiemenz ,  James Philip Murphy

发明人： Gregory John Hiemenz ,  James Philip Murphy

IPC分类号： A61M1/00 ,  A61M1/04 ,  A61M25/00 ,  A61M39/20 ,  A61J1/10 ,  A61M39/12 ,  A61M3/02 ,  A61M39/10

摘要： A low-cost and simple-to-use system and method to facilitate a prophylactic pleural lavage protocol at the time of thoracostomy tube placement for traumatic hemothorax in order to reduce the need for secondary intervention for the management of retained hemothorax. The invention may be used in conjunction with existing chest tubes and be administered at the time of initial chest tube placement, and continued at the bedside (by a bedside nurse) over the duration of chest drainage, as necessary. The system includes an operator device that semi-automatically administers a pleural lavage protocol consisting of saline instillation, and suction to slow the clotting process, prevent “gelling” of blood, and maintain drainability.

公开(公告)号：US20180344908A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-06

申请号：US16052099

申请日：2018-08-01

申请人： Gregory John Hiemenz ,  James Philip Murphy

发明人： Gregory John Hiemenz ,  James Philip Murphy

IPC分类号： A61M1/00 ,  A61M1/04 ,  A61M25/00 ,  A61M39/12 ,  A61M39/20 ,  A61J1/10

CPC分类号： A61M1/0013 ,  A61M1/0064 ,  A61M3/022 ,  A61M3/0241 ,  A61M3/0262 ,  A61M3/0287 ,  A61M3/0295 ,  A61M2210/101

摘要： A low-cost and simple-to-use system and method to facilitate a prophylactic pleural lavage protocol at the time of thoracostomy tube placement for traumatic hemothorax in order to reduce the need for secondary intervention for the management of retained hemothorax. The invention may be used in conjunction with existing chest tubes and be administered at the time of initial chest tube placement, and continued at the bedside (by a bedside nurse) over the duration of chest drainage, as necessary. The system includes an operator device that semi-automatically administers a pleural lavage protocol consisting of saline instillation, and suction to slow the clotting process, prevent “gelling” of blood, and maintain drainability.