Medicine:Aspirator
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Short description: Suction device removing bodily fluids
A medical aspirator is a suction machine used to remove mucus, blood, and other bodily fluids from a patient. They can be used during surgical procedures but an operating theater is generally equipped with a central system of vacuum tubes.[1] Most aspirators are therefore portable, for use in ambulances and nursing homes, and can run on AC/DC or battery power. They consist of a vacuum pump, a vacuum regulator and gauge, a collection canister, and sometimes a bacterial filter. Plastic tubing is used to continuously draw fluid into the collection canister.
In the past manually operated aspirators were used such as Potain's aspirator.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Aspirator". https://www.who.int/medical_devices/innovation/aspirator.pdf. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ↑ p. 97, Minor surgery, Henry R. Wharton, in System of surgery, vol. II, Frederic S. Dennis and John S. Billings, eds., Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co., 1895.
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