Robert A Baer

US Patent:

54197767, May 30, 1995

Filed:

Sep 30, 1993

Appl. No.:

8/129445

Inventors:

Robert M. Baer - Kansas City MO

International Classification:

A61M 500

US Classification:

604246

Abstract:

An apparatus for treating pneumothorax and pneumohemothorax comprises a one-way valve having a top end and a bottom end and a suction port secured to and extending beyond the top end, a conduit secured to and extending perpendicularly away from the bottom end of the one-way valve in flow communication therewith a 90 degree elbow removably securable to a distal end of the conduit in flow communication therewith and a luer lock lug receptacle secured to the 90 degree elbow and adapted to threadingly receive luer lock lugs on a large bore needle or catheter. The 90 degree elbow is removably securable to the conduit and may be removed and replaced with a connection adapter. The connection adaptor has a first end removably securable to the distal end of the conduit and a second end removably securable to a chest tube surgically inserted in the pleural space. The apparatus may also include an injection port extending from and in flow communication with the conduit. The injection port being adapted to receive a needle such that an aqueous solution may be directed toward said one-way valve from said needle.