Medical devices and methods of placement
AssigneeWm & Dg, Inc.
InventorRobert Molnar
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Abstract
The present invention provides improved medical devices, including oral airway devices, equipped with a visualization device for intubation, extubation, ventilation, drug delivery, feeding and continuous remote monitoring of a patient. The present invention also provides methods for rapid and accurate placement of a medical device in a patient and continuous real time monitoring, including a remote monitoring, of the patient after the placement.
Claims21
An oral airway device comprising a two-part tubal body of adjustable length, with a lumen and open proximal and distal ends, wherein the oral airway device is suitable for ventilating a patient through the lumen,
- wherein the two-part tubal body is made from an inner cylindrical tube insertable into an outer cylindrical tube and wherein the inner cylindrical tube encircles the lumen used for ventilating a patient and for insertion and removal of an endotracheal tube,
- wherein the oral airway device further comprises a bougie and
- wherein the oral airway device further comprises a visualization device comprising a camera tube, and a camera being insertable in the camera tube and removable from the camera tube, wherein the distal end of the camera tube is sealed with a transparent material which creates a sealed distal transparent window;
- wherein the bougie is incorporated into a wall of the inner cylindrical tube and wherein the camera tube is also incorporated into a wall of the inner cylindrical tube, and
- wherein the oral airway device is capable of providing continuous visualization of the patient while the patient is ventilated through the lumen in the two-part tubal body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.