External lipoplasty suction device.

Most mobile suction devices specially designed for blunt suction lipectomy are to some degree noisy and several of them could be considered expensive. Their exhaust goes out in the operating room (OR). The potential contamination by aerosoles and fumes favor the use of special outlet filters. The author describes the suction equipment he made in 1984. An industrial high-power vacuum pump is placed outside the OR. The suction tubing goes out of the ceiling in the OR. The machine has double remote pedal control. The exhaust vents out at a hidden place in the clinic's garden, where eventually any AIDS or hepatitis virus will die promptly. This equipment has been used in more than 4200 suction lipoplasty procedures with no technical or surgical complications related to the device.