Surgery – Respiratory method or device – Means for supplying respiratory gas under positive pressure
Patent
1984-02-08
1986-06-17
Recla, Henry J.
Surgery
Respiratory method or device
Means for supplying respiratory gas under positive pressure
12820714, 12820716, 604 32, 604248, 604118, A61M 1600
Patent
active
045950059
ABSTRACT:
A dual-purpose catheter for performing suction or oxygen feed on a patient including two cylindrical bodies rotatably coupled together and held together by a spring which is biased to hold the bodies in a first position with respect to each other but permits rotation to a second position. One body includes first and second tubes which can be coupled to a source of suction or a source of oxygen, and the other body includes means for receiving said tubes in a tight fit and tube means for coupling either suction or oxygen to the patient, depending on the rotation state of the two bodies with respect to each other.
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Arhelger, "The Advantages of Tracheotomy and the Use of a New Tracheal Tube in the Management of Intratracheal Aspiration", Surgery, vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 260-266, Feb. 1951.
Green Robert A.
Recla Henry J.
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