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US 11,596,756 B2Granted
Tracheotomy device and method of use
OwnerJoshua D. Pollackinventor
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Abstract
A device for performing a tracheotomy on a patient without the assistance of a medical professional. The device may include one or more mechanical arms that cause a blade to create an incision, cause a dilating tool to dilate the incision, and cause a tracheotomy tube to be inserted into the incision. The device may further include a scanner and/or a hollow needle connected to an air pressure sensor that may be used to detect whether the device is aligned with the patient's airway.
Claims10
A method of operating a portable device capable of performing a tracheotomy procedure on a patient, said portable device having a power source;
- a tracheotomy tube;
- a scanner;
- a non-transitory memory having a machine-readable medium comprising machine executable code;
- and a controller coupled to the memory, said method comprising the steps of:
- placing the portable device adjacent to the front of a patient's neck;
- activating the portable device, thereby causing the portable device to, without further intervention from a user of the device:
- use the scanner to determine a location of the patient's airway;
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- insert at least a portion of the tracheotomy tube into the patient's airway without any incision having previously been made in the patient's neck at a location where the tracheotomy tube is inserted.
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