Surgery – Respiratory method or device – Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...
Patent
1983-02-07
1985-07-23
Recla, Henry J.
Surgery
Respiratory method or device
Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...
A61M 2502
Patent
active
045303541
ABSTRACT:
An endotracheal tube and holder comprising a flexible elongated endotracheal tube for insertion through a patient's mouth down into the patient's trachea to facilitate opening of the airways and a holder to keep the endotracheal tube in place after it has been appropriately inserted. The holder in accordance with this invention comprises a short sleeve having an inner diameter corresponding to the outer diameter of the endotracheal tube and slightly larger to permit the endotracheal tube to slide within the sleeve but still be held snugly within the sleeve when the tube is secured thereto, the sleeve portion of the holder being integrally connected to a base portion which comprises a relatively thin flat strip of flexible sheet material extending outwardly from each side of the sleeve. The outer end of the endotracheal tube has formed thereon a gear rack and the sleeve of the holder includes a pinion gear mounted for rotation on the sleeve wall with the gear teeth extending into the passageway of the sleeve a sufficient distance to engage the corresponding teeth of the gear rack on the endotracheal tube. A knob is attached to the pinion gear whereby the physician can rotate the pinion gear and move the endotracheal tube outwardly from the patient's trachea a pre-selected distance and back inwardly of the patient's trachea by rotating the pinion gear in the opposite direction.
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Kettelson Ernest
Recla Henry J.
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