Patent ID: 8827972

Claim:
A suction pump system for aspirating body fluids from a patient, the suction pump system having: a housing with an upper side and a side wall, at least one pump unit, a first and at least one second input and display unit being arranged on the upper side of the housing, and at least a first fluid collection container, the at least one pump unit being arranged in the housing, and the housing having a first and at least one second fixture, the first fluid collection container being releasably held in the first fixture and each of the at least one second fixture being capable of simultaneously holding a further fluid collection container, wherein said first fixture and said at least one second fixture are arranged next to one another in the side wall of the housing, wherein the first fluid collection container and the at least one further fluid collection container are arranged next to each other protruding the side wall of the housing in the same direction, each of the first fluid collection container and the at least one second fluid collection container being at least partially visible when arranged in the fixtures, wherein the first input and display unit and the at least one second input and display unit are arranged next to each other in a line, thereby forming a parallel line to the arrangement of the first and the at least one second fluid collection containers, wherein the first input and display unit is assigned to the first fluid collection container and is arranged opposite to the first fluid collection container, and wherein each of the at least one second input and display unit is assigned to one of the at least one second fluid collection container and is arranged opposite to the one of the at least one second fluid collection container.