41 results about "Chest drains" patented technology

A breakaway chest drain connector, which includes a first part having an inlet for connecting to an upstream portion of a chest drain tube, a one-way valve and a first flange surrounding the one-way valve; and a second part having an outlet for connecting to a downstream portion of the chest tube, a second flange and a hollow protrusion, the second flange surrounding the hollow protrusion. The second part is connectable to the first part by securing the first flange to the second flange such that the hollow protrusion passes through the one-way valve to form an uninterrupted fluid flow passage from the inlet through the hollow protrusion and the outlet along a longitudinal axis of the connector. The first and second flanges are separable by applying a longitudinal separation force above a defined threshold separation force.

A smart fluid discharge monitoring device can have a housing; a frame within the housing; a cartridge positioned within an upper shell of the housing, the cartridge having a window, through which a discharge fluid can flow; a door removably attached to the housing, the door delimiting an interior region of the housing below the upper shell; a tube connected to the cartridge; a plurality of tanks removably secured within the interior region, the tanks receiving the discharge fluid from the cartridge. The smart fluid discharge monitoring device can detect one or more optical characteristics of the discharge fluid through the window as the discharge fluid flows through the cartridge. The smart fluid discharge monitoring device can be a smart catheter or a smart chest tube.

A chest tube device designed for rapid deployment includes a chest tube and a stylet removably positioned in the lumen of the chest tube. The chest tube includes a flange between the proximal and distal ends to limit insertion of the chest tube into the patient's s body during deployment. At least one strap can be coupled to the flange and secured to the patient to inhibit or prohibit relative movement of the chest tube and patient.

The present application belongs to the technical field of medical apparatus and instruments, and particularly relates to a chest tube positioning device for thoracic surgery nursing, which comprises a first dressing part, a medical rubber ring, a second dressing part, a catheter fixing part, a clamping ring assembly and a clamping strip arranged on the clamping ring assembly. The first dressing part is coated with the medical rubber ring and attached to the skin. One end of the clamping strip can be inserted into the interior of the clamping ring assembly and change the clamping degree of the clamping ring assembly. The clamping ring assembly is sleeved on the medical rubber ring, clamps the medical rubber ring and the chest tube and keeps them fixed. The second dressing part has a spacing with the first dressing part. The catheter fixing part is arranged on the second dressing part. The present application can effectively reduce the discomfort caused by the drainage tube caused by the patient's daily activities. The pulling force will not directly act on the wound, reducing the risk of secondary trauma caused by improper management of the tube.

A breakaway chest drain connector, which includes a first part having an inlet for connecting to an upstream portion of a chest drain tube, a one-way valve and a first flange surrounding the one-way valve; and a second part having an outlet for connecting to a downstream portion of the chest tube, a second flange and a hollow protrusion, the second flange surrounding the hollow protrusion. The second part is connectable to the first part by securing the first flange to the second flange such that the hollow protrusion passes through the one-way valve to form an uninterrupted fluid flow passage from the inlet through the hollow protrusion and the outlet along a longitudinal axis of the connector. The first and second flanges are separable by applying a longitudinal separation force above a defined threshold separation force.

A device for clearing obstructions from a medical tube, such as a chest tube, is disclosed in various embodiments. The device features a clearance member in the form of a loop. The loop desirably has a diameter that substantially corresponds to the inner diameter of the medical tube. Also desirably, the loop presents a substantially unobstructed pathway therethrough for the flow of material from a location in the medical tube distal to the loop to a location in the medical tube proximal to the loop regardless whether the clearance member is being translated or is at rest in the medical tube. Methods of utilizing such a device are also disclosed.

The invention relates to the technical field of surgical instruments, in particular to a thoracic surgery puncture device which comprises a puncture guide part and a thoracic duct, the thoracic duct is slidably arranged in the puncture guide part and comprises a flexible duct body, a first elastic framework and a second elastic framework, the two ends of the flexible duct body are communicated with each other, and a ring is defined by the first elastic framework in the circumferential direction; and the first elastic framework is coaxially embedded in the peripheral wall of the flexible pipe body. The thoracic duct is arranged, when the thoracic duct provided by the invention is used for puncture intervention, only the puncture guide piece and the thoracic duct need to be intervened into the body of a patient once, while in the prior art, the puncture guide piece, the guide wire and the thoracic duct need to be sequentially intervened, so that the intervention times of the guide piece during a puncture operation are reduced; the operation steps are relatively simple, wound expansion of the patient caused by misoperation is not prone to occurring, and postoperative recovery of the patient is facilitated.

The utility model relates to the technical field of chest catheters, in particular to an anti-disengaging chest catheter fixing device. The anti-disengagement chest catheter fixing device comprises a chest catheter body, a butterfly-shaped fixing patch, a silica gel-based adhesive, a supporting plate, a perspective plate, a clamping block and a firm patch, the chest catheter body is provided with the butterfly-shaped fixing patch, a plurality of air holes are formed in the butterfly-shaped fixing patch, and the silica gel-based adhesive is arranged on the clamping block. The chest catheter body is provided with a butterfly-shaped fixing patch, the butterfly-shaped fixing patch is provided with a silica gel-based adhesive, the front side of the butterfly-shaped fixing patch is connected with a supporting plate, the supporting plate is provided with two clamping grooves, the chest catheter body is provided with a perspective plate in a sliding mode, the rear side of the perspective plate is fixedly connected with two clamping blocks, and the perspective plate is connected with a firm patch. By moving the perspective plate, the clamping block is clamped into the clamping groove, and the perspective plate is fixed on the thoracic catheter body, so that whether the joint is tightly connected or not can be visually observed, and the difficulty of inspection and maintenance is reduced.

The utility model discloses an improved pectoral girdle suitable for a patient with a thoracic tube, which comprises a pectoral girdle, a drainage tube penetrating hole is arranged on the pectoral girdle, a plurality of groups of tube winding columns are distributed on the outer side of the drainage tube penetrating hole in an annular array manner, the number of the tube winding columns in each group is the same, the tube winding columns on the outer ring are positioned between two adjacent tube winding columns on the inner ring, and the tube winding columns on the outer ring are positioned between two adjacent tube winding columns on the inner ring. Two drainage tube fixing belts are symmetrically arranged below the drainage tube penetrating hole, one ends of the fixing belts are sewn on the chest binding belt, and the other ends of the fixing belts are connected with the chest binding belt through hook-and-loop fasteners; a shielding cover is arranged at the top of the pipe winding column, one end of the shielding cover is sewn on the chest girdle, and the other end of the shielding cover is connected with the chest girdle through a hook-and-loop fastener. According to the improved chest strap suitable for the patient with the chest tube, the multiple sets of tube winding columns distributed in an annular array mode are arranged, the drainage tube can be wound from all angles and further fixed through the drainage tube fixing strap, the length of the drainage tube exposed out of the body can be shortened, and dragging and squeezing are avoided.

The present application relates to the field of chest tube fixing, in particular to a chest tube fixing device, comprising a fixing patch, a base connected with the fixing patch, a bending base rotationally connected with the base, and two dredging mechanisms, each of the dredging mechanisms comprising a frame and two upper and lower dredging units, the frame is fixed with the bending base and located at one side of the base; each of the dredging units comprises a ball, a pressing rod and an arc-shaped clamp, the frame is provided with a communicating arc-shaped rod slide and an arc-shaped ball slide, the upper ball is fixedly arranged in the arc-shaped ball slide, the lower ball is slidingly arranged in the arc-shaped ball slide and magnetically attracted to the upper ball; the pressing rod is slidingly connected with the ball, the ball is provided with an annular groove, the pressing rod is provided with a clamping piece capable of being clamped in the annular groove, the arc-shaped clamp is fixedly connected with the pressing rod and the lower arc-shaped clamp can clamp the chest tube and is magnetically attracted to the base, and the upper arc-shaped clamp can extrude the bent chest tube. By adopting the technical scheme, the body fluid can be smoothly discharged.

Devices and methods for managing chest or wound drainage includes a chest tube configured for insertion within a body, a drainage tube coupled with the chest tube, a reservoir coupled with the drainage tube, a pump coupled with the reservoir, and a controller in communication with the reservoir. The controller determines air leak flow rate when air is evacuated from the body and the controller determines a readiness for chest tube removal if two or more removal parameters are satisfied including: (i) the air leak flow rate is above a first threshold air leak flow rate, (ii) an average of the air leak flow rate is maintained above a second threshold air leak flow rate over a period of time, (iii) the air leak flow rate is maintained below a maximum air leak flow rate over a second period of time.

A simulator apparatus for training medical professionals in the procedures of chest tube insertion and / or pericardiocentesis. The apparatus includes a first stand element and a second stand element that form a rib panel base with the two elements substantially at right angles to one another to create a 90-degree stand. A rib panel is removably joined to the two stand elements and includes curved slots representing the spaces between ribs. For simulation of the pericardiocentesis procedure, in an embodiment, a heart component located within the simulator allows the user to simulate insertion of chest tubes between the simulated rib spaces into or around the heart. The model may also use a subcutaneous and skin overlay for human skin simulation.

A device may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive data during a surgery. The processor may receive data representative of a patient's intraoperative air exchange. The data may represent air exchange for a patient's breath cycle. For example, data may include any of ventilator inlet flow rate, ventilator inlet pressure, ventilator output pressure, chest tube flow rate, or chest tube pressure. The processor may also receive data representative of a surgical parameter other than one related to air exchange. For example, this data may include any of patient medical record data, intraoperative reporting data, surgical procedure data, or the like. The processor may be configured to receive an updated machine learning model from a cloud resource. And the processor may output, during the surgery, information indicative of prolonged-air-leak-likelihood based on data.

The present application relates to the technical field of cardiothoracic surgery, in particular to a cardiothoracic nursing chest tube fixing support, which comprises a base clamp, the base clamp comprises a clamp block, a screw rod is threadedly connected through the surface of the clamp block, one end of the screw rod close to the inner wall of the clamp block is rotationally connected with a resisting plate, the surface of the base clamp is provided with a rotating device, the rotating device adjusts the horizontal angle of the drainage tube inserted into the chest cavity of the patient, so as to better ensure the adaptive use of the drainage tube, and the side of the rotating device is provided with a lifting device, the drainage tube can be better used, the height angle of the drainage tube assembly is more adaptive to the position of the drainage tube inserted into the chest cavity of the patient while ensuring the fixed position of the drainage tube, the drainage tube is not easy to pull the chest cavity wound of the patient to cause secondary injury, the patient is better treated and protected, and the safety and functionality of the drainage tube use are improved.

Automated catheter and automated chest tube systems and devices. In some embodiments, the automated, or smart, catheter and chest tube of the present disclosure includes a housing for containing one or more collection reservoirs for collecting fluid, a flexible tube used to drain the fluid from either the bladder, chest cavity, or other appropriate bodily region, and a measuring device to measure the amount of fluid flowing through the flexible tube and into the collection reservoir(s). In some embodiments, the smart catheter and chest tube of the present disclosure includes one or more processors, one or more transmitters, and one or more receivers to transmit and receive data regarding the volume and other characteristics of the fluid collected in the reservoirs and to receive commands for performing various functions. The alarms are triggered when certain predetermined liquid volume thresholds are exceeded or not exceeded.

The utility model provides a check valve for a negative pressure drainage device. The check valve comprises a valve tube, a valve core and a drainage tube, the two ends of the valve pipe are hollow, and two same first through holes are oppositely formed in the vertical position in the middle of a pipe body. The valve element is integrally a cylinder and is hollow inside, and a partition is arranged in the middle. A second through hole and a third through hole are oppositely formed above the partition; a fourth through hole is formed below the partition and is perpendicular to the second through hole in position; the diameter of the through hole is the same as the inner diameter of the valve pipe; the bottom of the valve element is hollow. By rotating the valve element, the fourth through hole of the valve element is aligned with the flow guide pipe at one end of the drainage device, the bottom of the valve element is hollow, at the moment, the flow stop valve is in a right lower smooth state, the drainage device can continuously operate, the flow guide pipe is temporarily closed, and when a patient is examined after closed thoracic drainage, gas is prevented from entering the thoracic cavity; and aggravation of illness is caused.

The invention discloses a chest drainage tube fixing device, relates to the technical field of auxiliary devices, and aims to solve the technical problem that in the prior art, a chest drainage tube is fixed through an adhesive tape and the like, and the chest drainage tube may slip off during cough. The drainage tube fixing device comprises a fixing box, a first fixing part matched with a drainage tube is arranged on the fixing box, the first fixing part comprises a first window formed in the fixing box, the first window is attached to the skin of a patient, the first fixing part further comprises an abutting part matched with the first window, and the abutting part comprises a plurality of pressing pads arranged in the circumferential direction of the first window; each pressure pad is provided with a first part matched with an adhesive tape of the drainage tube and a second part for clamping the drainage tube, the first part and the second part are connected through a first adjusting device, and the first adjusting device can drive the first part to be attached to the adhesive tape when receiving vibration caused by cough of a patient and enables the second part to clamp the drainage tube. The first part, the second part and the like are adopted, so that the stability of the drainage tube during use is improved.

The utility model discloses a hospital dress for monitoring children, which comprises a dress body part, a front piece and a rear piece which are opposite front and back along the dress body part; the front piece comprises a first front piece and a second front piece which are arranged in a cardigan mode; the garment body part further comprises a cover piece which is overlapped with or spread out of the front piece and used for covering the access control part. Chest tube outlet holes are formed in the first front piece and the second front piece; ventral tube outlet holes are formed in the first front piece and / or the second front piece. The hospital dress for child monitoring is reasonable in structure, the first front piece and the second front piece which are arranged on the cardigan form the front pieces so that a child patient can wear the hospital dress conveniently, the chest tube outlet hole and the abdomen side tube outlet hole are formed, local replacement or installation of an instrument connector can be carried out, and the heat retention property in the nursing operation process is guaranteed; by means of the cover piece, the warm-keeping function can be flexibly achieved, the connecting end of the pipeline is hidden and stabilized, the effect of pacifying the mood of a child patient is achieved, the situation that the pipeline is pulled off, labor intensity is brought to medical workers, and the risk that the child patient catches a cold due to re-operation is avoided.

An embodiment provides an adjustable intravenous (IV) securement band with non-occlusive retention in case of excessive force (i.e., automatically loosens) and traction for securing an IV to a patient's arm. Embodiments may further include features such as guides and or channels on the band to hold tubing. Embodiments may be secured to patients to be used as a non-adhesive securement aid for tubing / catheter (e.g., IV's, enteral tubes, Foley catheters, endotracheal tubes, nasogastric (NG) tubes, chest tubes, and the like) retention on patients. An embodiment includes a series of separable flaps, any of which may be separated from the band to adjust the length of the band.

The invention discloses a device and method for fixing a thoracentesis needle, and relates to the technical field of medical auxiliary instruments.The device for fixing the thoracentesis needle comprises a U-shaped base, an n-shaped turning cover is fixedly connected to the middle of the upper portion of the U-shaped base, and a turning shaft is rotationally connected to the middle of the n-shaped turning cover; a linkage support is fixedly connected to the middle of the overturning shaft, a needle body fixing clamp is fixedly connected to the end, close to the n-shaped overturning cover, of the linkage support, a third bent groove is formed in the middle of the linkage support, and support buckles are arranged on the two sides of the third bent groove in the middle of the inner side of the linkage support. According to the needle inserting device, after needle inserting is completed, the n-shaped turning cover is turned open with one hand, under the limitation of the turning shaft, bending of the linkage support can drive the needle body fixing clamp to be parallel to the U-shaped base, when the support buckles are buckled, the needle body fixing clamp can be clamped to a needle body, and the needle body can be fixed by pinching the end of the needle body fixing clamp; the structure is simple and operation is convenient.

A simulator apparatus for training medical professionals in the procedures of chest tube insertion and / or pericardiocentesis. The apparatus includes a first stand element and a second stand element that form a rib panel base with the two elements substantially at right angles to one another to create a 90-degree stand. A rib panel is removably joined to the two stand elements and includes curved slots representing the spaces between ribs. This allows for the insertion of chest tubes between the simulated rib spaces, using off-the-shelf supplies to create a subcutaneous and skin overlay. For training in pericardiocentesis, the rib panel can be placed on a standard dimension medical basin, which is filled with a training heart with a pericardial effusion created with off-the-shelf supplies. The basin is then filled with echogenic material (water, water and fiber supplement, or gelatin) that facilitates ultrasound.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical instruments, and particularly relates to a thoracic cavity pipeline fixing device which comprises a mounting assembly. Comprising a mounting frame, a jacket arranged at the bottom of the mounting frame, a threaded sleeve arranged on one side of the jacket, a threaded rod arranged in an inner cavity of the threaded sleeve, a hand wheel arranged at one end of the threaded rod, a fixed clamping plate arranged at the other end of the threaded rod, a movable groove formed in the top of the mounting frame, and a sliding block arranged in a movable inner cavity and sliding left and right along the movable groove. The threaded pin is arranged on one side of the sliding block; the clamping assembly comprises an internal threaded rod arranged at the bottom of the sliding block, an external threaded extension rod arranged at the bottom of the internal threaded rod, a curved frame arranged at the bottom of the external threaded extension rod, sliding sleeves arranged on the two sides of the curved frame, sliding rods arranged in inner cavities of the sliding sleeves, and pipe clamps arranged at one ends of the sliding rods. The thoracic cavity pipeline fixing device is reasonable in structure, convenient to mount and dismount in the using process, capable of fixing a thoracic cavity pipeline conveniently, good in stability and beneficial to improving the rehabilitation efficiency of a patient.

An only exhaust air pneumothorax needle comprises a valve pipe, a guide pipe is arranged in the valve pipe, a guide pipe assembly is fixed with the valve pipe, a cavity is arranged in the guide pipe assembly and is in the same straight line with the guide pipe, a one-way valve is connected to the side wall of the valve pipe and communicates with the guide pipe to realize one-way exhaust, a puncture needle assembly is movably arranged in the cavity, is used to pierce the part to be exhausted when the puncture needle assembly passes through the guide pipe assembly, and can seal the end of the guide pipe when the puncture needle assembly is arranged in the cavity to realize only one-way valve exhaust. The present application has the advantages of compact and reasonable structure, convenient operation, realization of only exhaust function through arrangement of a sealing ring, an elastic film and special improvement of the puncture needle, avoidance of blockage of the exhaust hole by the accumulated liquid, realization of exhaust without pulling out the puncture needle, reduction of operation difficulty and risk of infection of the patient, and improvement of exhaust efficiency through various measures.

The utility model discloses a thoracic duct E-shaped fixing patch which comprises a main fixing patch body, auxiliary fixing patch bodies are arranged on the two sides of the bottom of the main fixing patch body, drainage tube fixing patch bodies are symmetrically arranged in the middle of the bottom of the main fixing patch body, and air holes are evenly formed in the main fixing patch body. Ventilation through grooves are formed in the two sides of the interiors of the two sets of auxiliary fixing pastes. Through the structural design of the main fixing paste, the auxiliary fixing paste and the drainage tube fixing paste, the fixing function of the fixing paste and the drainage tube in the later period can be conveniently achieved, the stability and convenience of fixing the drainage tube in the later period are improved, and the main fixing paste and the auxiliary fixing paste can be pasted to the skin outside the drainage tube during fixing; and finally, the drainage tube fixing patch is wound outside the drainage tube in a crossed manner, so that the insertion firmness of the drainage tube and the patient can be realized, and the fixing patch with the structural design is relatively simple and convenient to operate and suitable for popularization.

The invention relates to the field of thoracic duct fixing, in particular to a thoracic duct fixing device which comprises a fixing patch, a base connected with the fixing patch, a bent seat rotationally connected with the base and two dredging mechanisms, each dredging mechanism comprises a frame, an upper dredging unit and a lower dredging unit, and the frame is fixed to the bent seat and located on one side of the base; each dredging unit comprises a ball body, a pressing rod and an arc-shaped clamp, the frame body is provided with an arc-shaped rod slide way and an arc-shaped ball slide way which are communicated with each other, the upper ball body is fixedly arranged in the arc-shaped ball slide way, and the lower ball body is arranged in the arc-shaped ball slide way in a sliding manner and magnetically attracts the upper ball body; the pressing rod is slidably connected with the ball body, an annular groove is formed in the ball body, a clamping piece capable of being clamped into the annular groove is arranged on the pressing rod, the arc-shaped clamps are fixedly connected with the pressing rod, the lower arc-shaped clamp can clamp the chest catheter and magnetically attract the base, and the upper arc-shaped clamp can extrude the bent chest catheter. By adopting the technical scheme, body fluid can be smoothly discharged.

The subject invention pertains to a sterile two-part wound dressing for surgical drainage tube and chest thoracostomy tubes that is designed to create a seal around the chest tube during tube removal decreasing the risk of air leak and post-pull iatrogenic pneumothorax, to absorb exudate from the wound, and to provide a water-resistant covering to limit contamination of the wound during healing.

A sterile two-part wound dressing for surgical drainage tube and chest thoracostomy tubes that is designed to create a seal around the chest tube during tube removal decreasing the risk of air leak and post-pull iatrogenic pneumothorax, to absorb exudate from the wound, and to provide a water-resistant covering to limit contamination of the wound during healing.