Patent ID: 7695468
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A surgical device for removing organic fluids from a body cavity, the device comprising an absorbing plug, a tubular body suitable for slidingly housing the plug, and a plunger slidingly engageable in the tubular body so as to push the plug outside thereof and place it at the surgical site, the tubular body and plunger having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the plug is connected to at least one radio-opaque plug locator ball for floating relative to internal organs, blood or other fluids present at the surgical site, a loop is provided at the distal end of the plunger, and at the proximal end of the plunger, a first handle is provided for actuating the plunger so as to grip the ball and recover the plug after use by retracting the plunger inside the tubular body.