Surgery – Respiratory method or device – Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...
Patent
1994-03-16
1996-04-23
Burr, Edgar S.
Surgery
Respiratory method or device
Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...
12820026, 604 27, 604 19, 604 37, A61M 1604
Patent
active
055094082
ABSTRACT:
Combination for suctioning a neonatal infant having a mouth, a trachea and a pathway having a generally curved shape extending from said mouth to said trachea, including a generally elongated endotracheal tube including a wall and having a proximate end and a distal end and including an upper section and a lower section shorter in length the upper section, the lower section being flexible and the upper section including at least a portion which is substantially rigid for a length of at least the length of and a curvature substantially conforming to the curvature of the pathway from the mouth to the trachea of the neonatal infant; a connector including an upper portion for being connected to a source of suctioning and a cylindrical lower portion for being connected to the proximate end of the endotracheal tube; the endotracheal tube having a lumen extending therethrough and the connector having a conduit extending therethrough, the lumen and the conduit combining to form a suctioning passageway; and an adapter provided on one of the upper sections of the endotracheal tube and the lower cylindrical portion of the connector and the adapter provided with an adapter passageway in fluid communication with the suctioning passageway, the adapter provided at a location which remains outside of the mouth of the infant while the infant is being suctioned and the adapter passageway being provided with an entrance opening for venting the suctioning passageway.
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Burr Edgar S.
Deane, Jr. William J.
Rhodes, Jr. R. Gale
Vital Signs Inc.
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