US 12,005,213 B2
Methods and systems for sterilizing surgical drains
Charlotte Lynne Sawyer, Durham, NC (US); Yitaek Azariah Hwang, Durham, NC (US); Michaela Jane Walker, Durham, NC (US); Vaibhav Bajaj, Durham, NC (US); and Scott Thomas Hollenbeck, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to Duke University, Durham, NC (US)
Filed by DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/686,195.
Application 17/686,195 is a continuation of application No. 16/475,855, granted, now 11,298,436, previously published as PCT/US2018/012206, filed on Jan. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/441,666, filed on Jan. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257814 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 27/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 27/00 (2013.01) [A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61M 1/67 (2021.05); A61M 1/682 (2021.05); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/121 (2013.01); A61L 2202/122 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/24 (2013.01); A61M 2209/10 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
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1. A medical drainage system comprising:
a surgical drain device, comprising a compression bulb and a tube, wherein a first end of the tube is insertable into the bulb and a second end of the tube is insertable into a patient incision; and
an apparatus comprising:
a body having one or more sidewalls and a bottom that define an interior;
an expansible opening to the interior for insertion of the surgical drain device therethrough; and
one or more ultraviolet light emitters disposed within the interior; wherein an interior surface of the apparatus collapses to abut a portion of the inserted surgical drain device, forming a fluid tight seal between the interior surface of the apparatus and the portion of the inserted surgical drain device.