Surgery – Device for creating a tracheotomy incision
Patent
1997-04-16
2000-08-29
Lewis, Aaron J.
Surgery
Device for creating a tracheotomy incision
12820026, A61M 1600
Patent
active
061092649
ABSTRACT:
A surgical apparatus for manipulating body tissue including a hollow needle, a bulb connected to the needle for aspirating air through an end of the needle, a flexible guide wire extending through the needle, a fitting on one end of the guide wire for permitting the guide wire to be reciprocated with the same hand that holds the instrument, from a retracted position substantially within the needle, to an extended position in which a substantial length of the guide wire extends beyond an end of the needle, an expandable dilator attached to the dilation tip for dilating a tracheal wall when the dilator is inflated, and a tracheostomy tube detachably mounted with respect to the dilator for placement into a lumen of a trachea.
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LaserSurge, Inc.
Lewis Aaron J.
Salai, Esq. Stephen B.
Shaw, Esq. Brian B.
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