Visual indicator for cuff-type catheter

Details Visual indicator for cuff-type catheter Visual indicator for cuff-type catheter

1977-09-29

1979-12-18

Truluck, Dalton L.

Surgery

Respiratory method or device

Respiratory gas supply means enters mouth or tracheotomy...

116266, 116DIG8, 128349B, A61M 2500

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041789393

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for visually indicating the degree of inflation of an inflatable cuff surrounding a catheter which is adapted to be inserted into a body passageway. The apparatus comprises a hollow-walled tubular member formed with a plurality of ridges and valleys and is selectively inflatable into a balloon-like shape in response to the pressure of air applied to the cuff by means of a passageway extending into the tubular member. The member is collapsible without occluding the fluid passageway extending into the indicator apparatus and thus without preventing the deflation of the cuff.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3407817 (1968-10-01), Galleher
patent: 3625199 (1971-12-01), Summers
patent: 4016885 (1977-04-01), Bruner
patent: 4018231 (1977-04-01), Wallace

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