Patent ID: 7674248
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A medical device for draining a liner-type suction canister having a cover and a liner coupled to the cover, the cover having therein a port, the liner containing fluid to be drained, the device comprising: a housing in communication with a sanitary sewer line; a swingarm coupled to the housing; a support member connected to the swingarm for supporting the liner-type suction canister, the swingarm adapted to move the liner-type suction canister between a first position and a second position; a drainhead having a passageway therein, the drainhead coupled to the swingarm and moveable between a first position not engageable with the liner-type suction canister and a second position engageable with the liner-type suction canister, and in its second position, the passageway being adapted to be in fluid communication with the port in the cover of the liner-type suction canister; and a suction source in communication with the passageway and adapted to drain the fluid contained in the liner-type suction canister from the liner through the drainhead to the sanitary sewer.