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An autotransfusion device for a chest drainage unit is provided that includes a collapsible blood collection and reinfusion bag assembly that includes a collapsible bag with pliable walls and stiffener members, and a holder which receives the assembly. The holder maintains compressive forces on the

An autotransfusion device for a chest drainage unit is provided that includes a collapsible blood collection and reinfusion bag assembly that includes a collapsible bag with pliable walls and stiffener members, and a holder which receives the assembly. The holder maintains compressive forces on the sides of the stiffener members so they bow outwardly and, in turn, maintain the bag assembly in an expanded conditions for collecting blood while suction is applied to the bag during drainage operations. The collapsible bag assembly can be removed from the holder for reinfusion of the collected blood.

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A body fluid collection device comprising a collapsible bag having a pair of opposed sidewalls, and an inlet for receiving body fluid, and stiffener means including a pair of relatively stiff flexible members respectively adjacent said sidewalls and having opposed side edges, said members having por

A body fluid collection device comprising a collapsible bag having a pair of opposed sidewalls, and an inlet for receiving body fluid, and stiffener means including a pair of relatively stiff flexible members respectively adjacent said sidewalls and having opposed side edges, said members having portions between said side edges bendable outwardly in opposite directions from each other in response to the application of a force external to said bag tending to move said side edges generally toward each other to expand said bag for receiving body fluid through said inlet, and means external to said bag for maintaining a compressive force on said opposed side edges to maintain said bag expanded including a pair of opposed members spaced apart less than the distance between said side edges for receiving said bag and flexible members therebetween.