Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1996-09-17
1998-04-28
Rimell, Sam
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
604174, 604179, 128DIG26, A61M 532
Patent
active
057438854
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
A bandage for fixating an oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube relative to the mouth of a person and an assembly for fixating an oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube relative to the mouth of a person.
The present invention relates to a bandage for fixating an oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube relative to the mouth of a person and an assembly for fixating an oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube relative to the mouth of a person which assembly comprises a mouth piece and a bandage.
Endo-tracheal anaesthesia tubes have been used for a long time, and oral intubation of the endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube has also been known for a long time. Oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tubes, however, have previously mainly been fixated in accordance with two alternative techniques.
According to the first technique, the endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube has been fixated relative to the mouth of a person by means of conventional tape used for medical purposes and supplied in rolls. One or two pieces of tape are in accordance with this technique used for fixating the oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube as a first piece of tape is applied to one cheek of the patient or person and passed or twisted round the oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube and fixated to the same or the opposite cheek. Provided the second piece of tape is used, the second piece of tape is fixated to the opposite cheek and also passed around or twisted around the oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube and fixated to one or the other cheek. Most often, the first and the second piece of tape, if two pieces of tape are used, are positioned in an X-configuration.
According to the second or alternative technique, an especially designed fixation device is used. Examples of endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube holders or fixation devices are described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,449,527, U.S. Pat. No. 4,270,529, German patent DE-PS 32 18 368 and published German patent application No. DE-OS 33 10 661. An example of a combination of the technique of applying tape and employing a fixation structure applied to the head of the patient or person carrying the endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube is described in published European patent application No. EP 0 392 498. Reference is made to the above patents and patent applications and the above U.S. patents are further incorporated in the present specification by reference.
Common to the prior art fixation devices used for fixating an oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube are the severe drawbacks as in the complexity of the devices which are of elaborate structure and consequently extremely costly. Furthermore, since most of the devices require the employment of a strap or wire to be fixated round the neck of the patient or person, problems may arise as to a proper fixation of the oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube which may cause severe damage to the patient or person. Still further, due to the complexity of the devices, the devices are not perfectly applicable in connection with patients or persons which have to carry an endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube for an extended period of time after a medical operation has been completed. It is to be realized that oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tubes are frequently used even after the medical operation has been completed and while the patient or person is hospitalized for further treatment or recovery.
An object of the present invention is to provide a bandage especially designed for fixating an oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube and eliminating the above described problems relating to the proper fixation of an oral endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube relative to the mouth of the patient or person and further in relation to the correct position of the endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube within the trachea of the patient or person.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide an especially designed device for the fixating of an oral, endo-tracheal anaesthesia tube implemented as a bandage for adhering to the area round the mouth of the patient or person and to the tube which device implemented as a
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Glazier Stephen C.
Nikomed ApSl
Racunas Robert V.
Rimell Sam
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