Patent ID: 6682506
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A device for retaining at least one drainage tube passing through an artificial cavity in a patient's body, comprisinga drainage tube, and at least one collecting chamber for collection of secretions, wherein the collecting chamber is defined by an upper wall closing the collecting chamber, the upper wall including a tubular support, the tubular support including two hinged parts, and a base for attachment to the patient's body and surrounding the collecting chamber, and a lateral wall connecting said base to said upper wall, said upper wall is inclined relative to said base and has at least one orifice for passage of the drainage tube through said collecting chamber so that the drainage tube can be inclined relative to the patient's body and said inclined upper wall, wherein the tubular support extends from the orifice and includes an opening for receiving the drainage tube, and said lateral wall, said upper wall, and said base are together slidable along a part of the drainage tube towards the patient's body once the drainage tube has been introduced into the cavity in the patient's body, until said base comes into contact with the patient's body, and the drainage tube may be withdrawn from the patient's body by sliding the drainage tube relative to said collecting chamber.