Patent ID: 7182758

Claim:
An apparatus for drainage of a wound or surgical site and anatomical opening of a human or animal fits anatomically and passes from inside the wound or surgical site and anatomical opening percutaneously and extends externally for accumulation of fluids, the apparatus for drainage comprises: a plurality of fibers each having an internal end, an external end and a middle there between, each fiber elongate with a thickness and a length wherein its thickness is substantially less than its length for flexibility, the plurality of fibers having gathered together external ends leaving the internal ends unrestrained to spread in the wound or surgical site and anatomical opening; an external collector cover positioned in fluid communication with the gathered together external ends for accumulating bodily fluid guided along and amongst the one or more of the plurality of fibers without any supporting sheath or tubing extending thereabout or surrounding the plurality of fibers from the internal ends along the middle and to the gathered together external ends during drainage of fluid from inside and percutaneously through the wound or surgical site and anatomical opening, and the plurality of fibers flexible so that at their unrestrained internal ends each fiber is able to spread divergently of the other fibers while inside and percutaneously through the wound or surgical site and anatomical opening to anatomically fit percutaneously in or through the wound or surgical site and anatomical opening for drawing and guiding fluid from inside the wound or surgical site and anatomical opening to the gathered together external ends during drainage.