Abstract: The in-line specimen trap operates in conjunction with a suction or irrigation line and a second line leading to a surgical site. The trap includes a specimen container, a cap coupled to the specimen container and an operator controlled, multi-modal valve disposed in or on the cap. The valve includes at least a bypass passage and a container input port and a container output port. The bypass passage limits flow exclusively between the first and second lines, that is, between the suction/irrigation line and the line leading to the surgical site. The position of an operator control interface determines the selection of the bypass mode or trap and collection mode. The method establishes, under operator control, a bypass channel between the first and second lines channels under operator control, the specimen fluid and debris from the second line through the specimen container to the first line, and, closes the specimen container after the channeling step.

Abstract: A combination electric motor driven vacuum pump and air compressor unit, particularly adapted to use in medical procedures, is mounted in an insulated cabinet arranged to provide for drawing cooling air into the cabinet through an inlet duct, cause cooling air to flow over an aftercooler part of a compressed air discharge conduit to aftercool compressed air, and cause cooling air to flow through the pump/compressor unit and be discharged from the cabinet. A pressure air receiver tank is mounted in the cabinet and is operably connected to a condensate receiver and a control valve for discharging condensate to an evaporator container connected to the aftercooler conduit part to evaporate condensate. A control circuit includes solenoid actuated valves for controlling vacuum produced by the pump/compressor unit and actuation of a flexible tube clamp mechanism for cutting off vacuum from a vacuum device, such as a cannula, during certain phases of a liposuction medical procedure, for example.