DEVICE FOR DRAINING THE PLEURAL CAVITY OF A PATIENT AND METHOD USING SUCH A DRAINAGE DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE CONDITION OF A PATIENT IN WHICH THE PLEURAL CAVITY IS UNDER PRESSURE INCREASE.

摘要

P Drainage device comprising a collecting chamber 2 for collecting the fluids coming from the pleural cavity of a patient, characterized in that it comprises means 10, 11 for measuring the pressure in the pleural cavity during each respiratory cycle and to produce an output signal representative of the measurement, and means connected to the output of said measurement means for comparing the measurement with previous measurements. BR/ (CF DRAWING IN BOPI) BR/ BR/ /P