Coronary sinus sucker

Claim 1

AN APPLIANCE FOR THORACIC, CARDIAC SURGERY, SAID APPLIANCE ADAPTED TO HAVE BODY FLUIDS PASS THERETHROUGH, SAID APPLIANCE EMBODYING A TUBE HAVING A BORE, A PROXIMAL END AND A DISTAL END, SAID TUBE HAVING AT LEAST ONE OF ITS ENDS OPEN, SAID TUBE HAVING A CYLINDRICAL SHAPED WALL, SAID TUBE BEING MADE OF PLIABLE TRANSPARENT PLASTIC MATERIAL, AND A REINFORCING MEMBER CONSISTING OF A WIRE THAT IS ARRANGED EXTERNALLY OF THE BORE OF SAID TUBE, SAID REINFORCING MEMBER BEING MADE OF DUCTILE MATERIAL AND BEING AFFIXED TO SAID TUBE, AND SAID REINFORCING MEMBER BEING SHORTER THAN SAID TUBE WHEREIN THE REINFORCINT MEMBER HAS ITS ENDS TERMINATING INWARDLY OF THE ENDS OF THE TUBE, SO THAT THE PROXIMAL AND DISTAL ENDS OF THE TUBE ARE NOT REINFORCED THEREBY ALLEVIATING DAMAGE TO THE BODY TISSUE, SAID REINFORCING MEMBER ADAPTED TO INITIALLY SUPPORT SAID TUBE IN A FIRST CONFIGURATION WHEREUPON UPON BENDING SAID TUBE INTO A SECOND CONFIGURATION, SAID MEMBER WILL RETAIN THE TUBE IN THE CONFIGURATION INTO WHICH IT IS SHAPED AND BENT, SAID DISTAL END ALWAYS RETAINING A STRAIGHT SHAPE, SAID WIRE BEING CIRCULAR IN CROSS SECTION AND PERMITTING ALL PORTIONS OF THE APPLIANCE TO BEND IN ANY DIRECTIONS.