Endotracheal tube

Surgery – Respiratory method or device – Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...

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128DIG26, 12820717, 604179, A61M 1600, A62B 906

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047749431

ABSTRACT:
An improved endotracheal tube is disclosed which provides for a more reliable and safer airway to a patient's lungs for the purpose of administering anesthesia, supplying oxygen and assisting a patient in breathing, and the like. The new and improved features of the tube make it easier for a health care professional to secure the tube to a patient's face, monitor its depth of insertion into the throat and assure its easy connection an disconnection from a medical or surgical apparatus. These improved features include flexible flanges molded to the tube, each of said flanges including a plurality of radially opposite slots to which adhesive tape is attached for securing said tube to a patient's face. The tube is also provided with colored rings, located between the upper and lower edges of each set of slots for monitoring the depth of insertion of the tube into the throat of a patient. A connection end of the tube is fitted with internal threads for threadedly engaging a universal connector for attachment to a medical or surgical apparatus.

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