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Control unit for intermittent suction system

CA 1303930 C · Owner: Boc Health Care, Inc. · Inventors: Hodge, Colin G.

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An intermittent suction regulator is disclosed operating from a vacuum system and is used to provide a plurality of pneumatic output signals to a positive pulse device for returning fluids removed from a patient during drainage thereof to clear the removal passageways. The suction regulator or control unit provides two (2) timed output signals from one, (1) intermittent vacuum to atmospheric pressure input. One, output signal continually switches from a regulated vacuum signal to an atmospheric pressure signal while the other output signal switches from providing an unregulated vacuum signal to an atmospheric pressure signal. The signals are timed such that both are initially set to provide …

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  • Granted June 23, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 23, 2009.
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FiledJanuary 29, 1988
GrantedJune 23, 1992
Term endedJune 23, 2009
Patent numberCA 1303930 C
Classification (IPC)A61M1/00

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedJan 29, 1988Patent grantedJune 23, 1992Term endedJune 23, 2009

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