Patent ID: 9545462
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a chest tube drainage system comprising a first chamber in fluid communication with a port connectable to a chest tube, a second chamber in fluid communication with a port connectable to a suction device, and a fluid seal connected to and disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber; one or more gas sensors attached to the chest tube drainage system, the one or more gas sensors configured to detect a gas having leaked from a lung into the pleural space, all of the gas sensors of the system configured to detect a gas selected from the group consisting of gaseous carbon dioxide and gaseous oxygen; a controller connected to the one or more gas sensors; and at least one indicator coupled to the controller, the controller configured to determine if an upper threshold level of carbon dioxide is exceeded, and to activate the at least one indicator if the upper threshold level of carbon dioxide is not exceeded.