Evacuator

Claim 1

A SELF-CONTAINED, INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE, EVACUATOR FOR THE EXTRACTION OF BODY FLUIDS, FOR AMBULATORY HUMAN USE, SAID EVACUATOR COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A CONTAINER FORMED OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY FACING END WALLS AND A CONNECTING SIDE WALL ARRANGED FOR MOVEMENT OF THE END WALLS RELATIVELY TOWARD EACH OTHER TO REDUCE THE VOLUME OF THE CONTAINER, SAID CONTAINER BEING RESILIENTLY COMPRESSIBLE WHEN SUBJECTED TO MANUAL PRESSURE AND UPON RELEASE OF SAID MANUAL PRESSURE BEING RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE TO A NORMAL EXPANDED POSITION, SAID CONTAINER HAVING AN OPENING IN ONE WALL THEREOF, A CONDUIT OF FLEXIBLE TUBING CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID CONTAINER OPENING, THE OTHER END OF SAID TUBING BEING OF A MATERIAL COMPATIBLE WITH HUMAN TISSUE AND BEING ARRANGED FOR INSERTION INTO A BODY WOUND, MEANS FORMING A PART OF THE EVACUATOR AND FORMING AN EXHAUST OPENING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CONTAINER, AND CLOSURE MEANS FOR SAID EXHAUST OPENING, WHEREBY UPON COMPRESSION AND RELEASE OF SAID CONTAINER WITH THE TUBING END INSERTED INTO A BODY WOUND, AND UPON CLOSURE OF SAID EXHAUST OPENING, BODY FLUIDS WILL BE EXTRACTED FROM THE WOUND BY CONTINUOUS SUCTION UPON EXPANSION OF THE CONTAINER AND EXPRESSED INTO THE CONTAINER FOR STORAGE THEREIN.