Patent ID: 8070735

Claim:
A portable aspiration pump unit for the aspiration of bodily fluids and/or air, wherein the aspiration pump unit has a pump assembly housing with a pump assembly and at least one fluid collection reservoir detachably connected to the pump assembly housing, wherein the pump assembly housing has a front wall, a rear wall, and a side wall arranged between the front wall and the rear wall, wherein the front wall and the rear wall each have one wall edge projecting beyond the side wall, and wherein the fluid collection reservoir a) is held between the wall edges, b) can swivel in and out between the wall edges in order to mount the reservoir to the housing and to remove the reservoir from the housing, c) projects beyond the wall edges when mounted to the housing, d) is held and hinged in a lower region between the wall edges and configured to be locked to the pump assembly housing in an upper region, and e) has projecting pegs and the housing has lateral slotted guides, the pegs and slotted guides are configured to be placed in engagement with one another.