US 12,318,533 B2
Surgical drain
Yves Bayon, Lyons (FR); Dagmar Guyader, Chaleins (FR); Maxime Gougis, Grenoble (FR); Severine Vignoud, Bernin (FR); Frederic Bottausci, Saint Egreve (FR); and Pascal Mailley, Villages du Lac de Paladru (FR)
Assigned to SOFRADIM PRODUCTION, Trevoux (FR); and CEA (Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris (FR)
Filed by Sofradim Production, Trevoux (FR); and CEA (Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Ener, Paris (FR)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/180,347.
Application 17/180,347 is a continuation of application No. 15/968,028, filed on May 1, 2018, granted, now 10,953,207.
Claims priority of application No. 17305602 (EP), filed on May 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0178131 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/84 (2021.05) [A61M 1/90 (2021.05); A61M 27/00 (2013.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3303 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3331 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3334 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3389 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2205/581 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical drain, comprising:
a tube having an inlet portion, an outlet portion, a first branch and a second branch, the tube defining a first flow path including the inlet portion, the first branch and the outlet portion, and the tube defining a second flow path including the inlet portion, the second branch and the outlet portion, wherein the second branch is outside of the first flow path; and
a flow control system configured to monitor flow of fluid filling the first branch and emptying the second branch or emptying the first branch and filling the second branch in an alternate manner.