Endotracheal tube

Details Endotracheal tube Endotracheal tube

1993-03-01

1994-07-19

Burr, Edgar S.

Surgery

Respiratory method or device

Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...

12820524, 12820312, 12820716, 604 86, 604 88, 604244, 604248, 138103, A61M 1604, A61M 2500

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053299213

ABSTRACT:
An improved endotracheal tube and an adapter for a standard endotracheal tube allow the performance of various medical procedures while maintaining continuity of respiration and protecting the care-provider from contact with potentially hazardous body fluids. The adapter comprises a rigid plastic Y-tube having a very large bore stopcock in one arm. In a preferred embodiment the endotracheal tube adapter further comprises a puncturable, resealing membrane having a first face in fluid communication with the interior of the adapter and a second face accessible to the exterior of the adapter. The adapter may additionally include an inflatable cuff circumferentially disposed within a bore of one of the tubes so as to allow axial engagement of a cylindrical object disposed within the bore of the tube. A single unit endotracheal tube assembly comprising the adapter and a conventional endotracheal tube is also disclosed.

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