Medical devices and methods of placement
AssigneeWm & Dg, Inc.
InventorRobert Molnar
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Abstract
The present invention provides medical devices comprising at least one visualization device sealed to, attached to or otherwise combined with at least one of the following second devices: an oral airway, ventilating mask, urinary catheter, trocar, a tool tube, and a medical glove. 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
A medical device comprising a visualization device sealed to or slidably attached to at least one of the following second devices:
- an oral airway device comprising a tubal body with a central lumen, wherein the diameter of the central lumen is suitable for placing an endotracheal tube inside the lumen, a ventilating mask, a urinary catheter, a trocar, a tool tube, or a medical glove;
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- wherein the visualization device comprises a camera tube with a distal end and proximal end, the distal end being sealed with a transparent material and a camera being placed inside of the camera tube through an opening at the proximal end, and wherein the camera is disposable or re-usable, and wherein the camera is insertable and removable from the camera tube while the camera tube and the second device remain inserted in a patient, wherein the visualization device optionally comprises an irrigation sprayer;
- and wherein the camera tube is an element separate from the second device where the camera tube is aligned with the second device externally or the camera tube is an element separate from a wall of the second device where the camera tube is aligned inside the second device.
A kit for treating a patient, the kit comprising a visualization device and a tool tube, wherein the visualization device comprises a camera tube with a distal end and proximal end, the distal end being sealed with a transparent material and a camera being placed inside of the camera tube through an opening at the proximal end, and wherein the camera is disposable or re-usable, and wherein the visualization device optionally comprises an irrigation sprayer, wherein the camera tube of the visualization device is sealed to or slidably attached to the tool tube, wherein a distal end of the tool tube is open and is aligned with the distal end of the camera tube, and wherein the camera tube is an element separate from a wall of the tool tube, and wherein the camera tube is aligned with the tool tube externally or internally, and wherein the camera is insertable and removable from the camera tube while the camera tube and the tool tube remain inserted in a patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.