Patent ID: 6071267
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: A61F,A61M

Abstract:
A patient fluid management interface system, which comprises:(a) a primary fluid transfer element including a patient contact surface, a plurality of passages communicating with said contact surface, an outer surface and a perimeter;(b) a film material drape placed over said primary fluid transfer element in contact with the outer surface thereof and adapted for contact with the patient around the perimeter of said primary fluid transfer element;(c) vacuum force communicating means for distributing a sub-atmospheric, negative vacuum force through said primary fluid transfer element to said patient contact surface thereof;(d) fluid differentiating means for drawing gas into said interface system and containing and directing liquid within said interface system;(e) a vacuum source; and(f) a vacuum tube with a proximate end connected to the primary fluid transfer element and a distal end connected to said vacuum source.