T-tube

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1985-10-04

1987-06-23

Pellegrino, Stephen C.

Surgery

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

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

604 8, A61M 2500

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046750088

ABSTRACT:
A flexible T-tube for utilization in surgical procedures and the like includes a flexible crossbar comprising two generally planar and intersecting walls joined at an apex and forming a V-shaped channel communicating with the stem near the center of the apex. The stem has an elliptical outer cross-section near the juncture thereof with the crossbar channel and is aligned such that the major axis of the elliptical cross-section of the stem is aligned generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the crossbar channel. The walls of the crossbar channel are trimmed prior to insertion into a body duct such that the walls fit generally snugly within the duct.

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