Surgery – Respiratory method or device – Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-02
2011-10-25
DeMille, Danton (Department: 3771)
Surgery
Respiratory method or device
Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...
C128S207150
Reexamination Certificate
active
08042544
ABSTRACT:
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may be prevented in a patient, or its occurrence reduced in a population of patients, by disposing in a patient airway an anti-VAP device or an anti-VAP material. By reducing the problem of bacterial-containing secretions that otherwise build up in the airway of the intubated patient, VAP can be prevented from occurring in intubated patients, such as patients intubated with an endotracheal tube (ETT) or a nasogastric tube.
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Dinardo Laurence J.
Grap Mary Jo
Ivatury Rao R.
Munro Cindy
Sessler Curtis N.
DeMille Danton
Virginia Commonwealth University
Whitham Curtis Christofferson & Cook PC
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