Abstract: A connector that permits safe and convenient attachment of a wound drainage tube to a fluid reservoir includes a hollow penetrator whose one end is attachable to the drainage tube and whose other end is sharpened to permit it to pierce a penetrable plug that initially seals an inlet tube of the reservoir. The penetrator is covered with a stocking that initially prevents fluid from flowing out of the sharpened end. A protective skirt has one end attached to the penetrator. Its other end is open and permits the skirt to surround the inlet tube as the penetrator is moved toward the plug and then pierces the stocking and plug to permit fluid to flow from the drainage tube to the reservoir.

Abstract: A trocar, used to introduce wound drain catheters is disclosed. The trocar have a reduce cross sectional area that allows the trocar to be bent by the user to a desired configuration.

Abstract: A surgical hemostat comprising oxidized cellulose having a warp knit tricot construction which provides a fabric density of at least 0.03 g/cm.sup.2, air porosity of less than 150 cm.sup.3 /sec/cm.sup.2, and liquid absorption of at least 3 times the dry weight of the fabric.