Surgery – Respiratory method or device – Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...
Patent
1986-12-04
1989-04-18
Coven, Edward M.
Surgery
Respiratory method or device
Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...
12820715, 604 27, 604102, A61M 1600
Patent
active
048217140
ABSTRACT:
An endotracheal device employing two or three integrated flexible tubes, a relatively large one and one or two smaller ones. One end of the larger tube is positioned in the trachea of a patient, and air or other breathable gas is administered through the other end, which end is external to the patient. One end of one of the smaller tubes is also positioned in the trachea, and this tube extends along the larger tube and terminates, external to the patient, in a puncturable membrane. This membrane is punctured by a hypodermic needle attached to a syringe containing a pharmaceutical fluid, and this fluid is pumped by the syringe through the small tube to the trachea. The fluid then passes into the lungs where it is absorbed into the patient's bloodstream. The second small tube, which is optional, depending upon the size of the endotracheal device, communicates with an inflatable cuff positioned in the trachea which, when inflated, "seals off" the trachea and helps maintain proper device positioning. The tube extends from the cuff, along the larger tube, and terminates, external to the patient, in a valvular apparatus through which air is pumped using a syringe, thus inflating the cuff.
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Coven Edward M.
Lacyk J. P.
Phillips C. A.
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