Suction device for use with tracheostomy tube

Details Suction device for use with tracheostomy tube Suction device for use with tracheostomy tube

1985-12-16

1987-06-16

Rosenbaum, C. Fred

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604268, 604902, 604 73, 604275, B65B 304

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ABSTRACT:
Suction device for use with a tracheostomy tube to remove matter from the upper respiratory tract of a patient. The suction device is essentially tubular and open at both ends, and comprises a bulb near one end and a tubular portion which extends from the bulb to the other end. To use, one connects the end remote from the bulb to a source of vacuum and inserts the bulbous end of the suction device into the end of a tracheostomy tube which is outside the patient's body. The suction device can be used with tracheostomy tubes of different sizes, and is used in place of a catheter.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3430628 (1969-03-01), Wiggins
patent: 4022218 (1977-05-01), Riddick
patent: 4182385 (1980-01-01), Williamson
patent: 4510933 (1985-04-01), Wendt et al.

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