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After struggling with her drains while recovering from cancer, Cinde Dolphin came up with a solution that has helped thousands of people heal in comfort after surgery

- Erin Flynn Jay 

After four separate cancer diagnoses —one lung cancer and three breast cancers—that required multiple surgeries and Jackson-Pratt drains (JP drains), Cinde Dolphin knew something needed to change. Though her drains were helpful at doing their job of collecting fluids from surgical sites, they always seemed to be in the way, making simple tasks more difficult. And the safety pins provided to clip them to her clothing did little to keep them secured.

I wish there was an easier way to work with these, Cinde thought, and as she learned, she wasn’t alone in her wish: Many of her fellow patients in recovery told her they had experienced problems with their drain lines catching on doorknobs and difficulties juggling the collection bulbs while bathing.