USPTO Patent Application: Postoperative Chest Drainage Device

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Detected March 26th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a new patent application (US20260083894A1) for a postoperative chest drainage device. The application details a device designed to collect fluids and separate gases originating from a patient's chest. This is a standard publication of a patent application, not a final grant or rule.

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This document is a publication of a United States Patent Application (US20260083894A1) filed by Lucio Gibertoni. The application describes a postoperative chest drainage device intended to collect liquids and separate gases from fluids originating from a patient's chest. The device includes a bag for liquid collection and an air-liquid separation component located between the input connector and the bag.

As this is a patent application publication, it does not impose any new regulatory requirements or compliance obligations on medical device manufacturers or healthcare providers. It represents a step in the patent examination process. Compliance officers should note this as a potential future development in medical device technology but no immediate action is required.

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POSTOPERATIVE CHEST DRAINAGE DEVICE

Application US20260083894A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Inventors

Lucio GIBERTONI

Abstract

A postoperative chest drainage device for draining fluids that originate from the chest of a patient and which has liquids and/or gases, the device includes: a bag for collecting the liquids and an input connector adapted to be connected to a drainage duct for the passage of the fluids that originate from the chest toward the bag, and an air-liquid separation device which is arranged outside of the bag, between the input connector and the bag, and is configured to allow the passage of the gases, when they are present in such fluids, toward the environment outside the bag and to direct the liquids, when present in the fluids, toward the bag