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US 10,973,504 B2Granted
Retractor suction catheter
OwnerPaulino Edwardo Gocoinventor
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Abstract
A retractor suction catheter used during surgery is provided. The suction catheter may include a flexible tube having an open end and a closed end. The open end may include a fitting. The tube may further include a plurality of slits in between the open end and the closed end. The tube may fit through a subject's oral cavity and out of the mouth. The tube may retract the soft palate so that the surgeon may perform the proper surgery. Further, a vacuum may be attached to the fitting, and therefore liquids, fumes and debris may be removed through the apertures.
Claims10
A suction catheter comprising:
- a flexible tube having a first end, a second end, and a cluster of slits formed through the flexible tube in between the first end and the second end, wherein each slit is defined by two inner edges perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the flexible tube, wherein
- the first end comprises a closed end and the second end comprises a fitting formed to releasably secure to a vacuum hose, and
- each slit is provided in a closed position when the flexible tube is not subject to external stress, the closed position of each slit comprising the two inner edges abutting one another, wherein, when a tension is applied to the tube, one or more of the slits of the cluster of slits deform from the closed position to an open position, the open position comprising the two inner edges separated from one another to form opened slits,
- wherein the opened slits are configured to remove fumes and debris when the suction tube is under a vacuum.
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A method of treatment comprising the steps of:
- providing a flexible tube comprising a first closed end, a second open end and a cluster of slits formed through the tube in between the first closed end and the second open end, wherein each slit is defined by two inner edges perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the flexible tube;
- inserting the first closed end through a nasal cavity, through an oral cavity and out of a mouth of a user;
- positioning the cluster of slits in between the oral cavity and the nasal cavity adjacent to a soft palate of the user;
- wherein each slit is provided in a closed position when the flexible tube is not subjected to external stress, and
- pulling the tube against the soft palate, thereby retracting the soft palate and deforming one or more of the plurality of slits from a closed position comprising the two inner edges of each slit abutting one another to an open position comprising the two inner edges separate from one another to form opened slits,
- wherein the opened slits are configured to remove fumes and debris when the suction tube is under a vacuum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.