Surgery – Respiratory method or device – Means for quickly connecting or disconnecting apparatus...
Patent
1988-09-14
1989-08-01
Hindenburg, Max
Surgery
Respiratory method or device
Means for quickly connecting or disconnecting apparatus...
12820118, 128912, 604283, 604281, 138119, 138121, 138173, 138DIG8, 285122, 285223, A62B 909
Patent
active
048525642
ABSTRACT:
Proximal end connector units, by which medico-surgical tubes may be attached to breathing circuits or like fluid flow devices in a manner that mitigates interference with operations being performed on patients intubated with the MS tubes, comprising a straight, rigid, cylindrical distal end portion, a straight, rigid, cylindrical proximal end portion, a central tubular portion joining the distal end portion to the proximal end portion, the central tubular portion being bendable in an arc of at least 180.degree. without diminution of its effective lumen, such proximal end portion, distal end portion and central tubular portion all being integral and formed of the same thin, plastic material, the central tubular portion comprising a plurality of circumferential, angular segments each consisting of a pair of sides that are of unequal length, the central tubular portion being compressed lengthwise by having the shorter side in each segment folded back under its longer side.
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Jackson Isaac S.
Sheridan David S.
Hindenburg Max
Reichle K. M.
Sheridan Catheter Corp.
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