US 12,280,197 B2
Vacuum drainage collection bottle
Ryan Davis, Centerville, UT (US); Robert Bilgor Peliks, San Francisco, CA (US); Alex Singleton, Sandy, UT (US); Michael Dean Haslam, Sandy, UT (US); Michael Hallisey, Old Saybrook, CT (US); and Jim Mottola, West Jordan, UT (US)
Assigned to Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed by Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,771.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/168,383, filed on Mar. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,105, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0080097 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/60 (2021.05) [A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1017 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drainage collection bottle, comprising:
a container comprising:
a body portion; and
a neck portion, wherein the neck portion comprises a shape configured for ergonomic gripping of the neck portion, wherein the shape of the neck portion is a non-circular, oval, or elliptical cross-sectional shape having a primary axis length greater than a secondary axis length, and wherein the neck portion includes a region throughout which the primary axis length and the secondary axis length are constant; and
a cap coupled to the container and comprising an inlet configured to receive drainage fluid into the drainage collection bottle, the cap being configured to selectively transition the drainage collection bottle between a closed state preventing fluid communication between the inlet and the body portion and an open state allowing fluid communication between the inlet and the body portion, wherein the cap comprises:
a body comprising the inlet; and
a sealing member configured to selectively seal and unseal the inlet, wherein the sealing member comprises:
a threaded plunger configured to threadedly engage with the body;
a stopper disposed at an end of the plunger, wherein the stopper is configured to selectively seal and unseal the inlet; and
a handle disposed at an end of the plunger opposite the stopper;
wherein the handle is configured to rotate the plunger to selectively move the plunger relative to the inlet to transition the drainage collection bottle between the closed state and the open state.