Patent ID: 6270488
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A large volume medical fluid vacuum collection canister for collecting medical fluids in surgical procedures comprising:a blow molded canister body defining a medical fluid receiving cavity, the canister body including a pair of opposed upstanding sidewalls inter-connected by a pair of opposed upstanding end walls, a top wall with an opening and an opposed bottom wall, the canister body having a generally rectangular cross-sectional configuration, each sidewall including at least one re-entrant beam portion extending inwardly from a recess opening disposed in a central region of the sidewall to a beam end face disposed adjacent a middle of the medical fluid receiving cavity, the re-entrant beam portions of the opposing sidewalls being disposed in registering alignment with their respective end faces disposed in abutting face to face relationship, the bottom wall and each of the opposed end walls each including at least one inwardly directed bellows recess, each bellows recess including a central portion extending an entire width of said bottom wall or end wall and a pair of opposed wrap around end portions extending from the central portion to an intermediate point defined in the adjacent sidewall, the top opening being sealably connectable to a vacuum system lid and the canister body being constructed to withstand vacuums of up to about 1.0 atmosphere without buckling or inwardly collapsing.