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An autotransfusion device for use with a chest drainage unit is disclosed which includes a collapsible blood collection bag assembly having slotted stiffener members and a holder for holding the stiffener members bowed outwardly and the bag expanded for collecting blood. The bag assembly is removabl

An autotransfusion device for use with a chest drainage unit is disclosed which includes a collapsible blood collection bag assembly having slotted stiffener members and a holder for holding the stiffener members bowed outwardly and the bag expanded for collecting blood. The bag assembly is removable from the holder for infusing the collected blood into the patient. An inlet and a gas outlet are at the top of the bag, and a filter is arranged to filter blood from the inlet to a blood collection portion of the bag, but air from the inlet can flow to the gas outlet without flowing through the filter.

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A body fluid collection device comprising a collapsible bag assembly including a bag having a pair of opposed sidewalls and an inlet in fluid communication with the interior of said bag for receiving body fluid, and a pair of relatively stiff flexible members respectively connected to said sidewalls

A body fluid collection device comprising a collapsible bag assembly including a bag having a pair of opposed sidewalls and an inlet in fluid communication with the interior of said bag for receiving body fluid, and a pair of relatively stiff flexible members respectively connected to said sidewalls, said members having portions between the opposed side edges thereof bendable outwardly in opposite directions from each other to expand said bag in response to the application of a force tending to move said opposed side edges generally toward each other, each of said members having a pair of slots adjacent each of the opposite ends thereof, each of said slots having spaced opposed sidewalls, each pair slots extending inwarding from the opposed side edges of the member adjacent each of the opposite ends thereof.