Cricothyrotomy apparatus

Details Cricothyrotomy apparatus Cricothyrotomy apparatus

1975-04-09

1976-11-16

Pace, Channing L.

Surgery

Truss

Pad

A61B 1724, A61B 1732, A61M 1600

Patent

active

039917657

ABSTRACT:
Cricothyrotomy apparatus for establishing an emergency breathing path for patients experiencing upper respiratory obstruction. The apparatus here provided enables the user to perform the necessary operative steps on a patient in a relatively automatic and hidden fashion, so that the user is not aware of the fact that he is piercing the patient's throat and inserting a tube therein. This is accomplished by providing a housing enclosing a spring pressed surgical blade and spring pressed tube or according to a second embodiment, a combined spring pressed tube and blade. A release mechanism actuated by a simple pressure button on the exterior of the housing releases the knife and tube (or tube with piercing blade) for automatic positioning at the desired point in the throat of the patient. A location marker is further provided to insure desired positioning of the cut and tube on the patient.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3182663 (1965-05-01), Abelson
patent: 3704529 (1972-12-01), Cioppa
patent: 3791386 (1974-02-01), McDonald

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