A new pericardial sucker: Omni sucker for better aspiration of intrapericardial blood
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1Department of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Juntendo Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
The Omni sucker was designed and made from foam silicone sheet to obtain maximum collection of blood and crystalloid solution in the pericardium and to return blood and crystalloid solution into the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during open-heart surgery. Wall suction use was minimized so that the least amount of blood was discarded during cardiopulmonary bypass.