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US 11,684,737 B2Granted
Endotracheal tube exchange
AssigneeAninimed LLC
InventorsYuval Avniel, Kai Matthes
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Abstract
An intubation system includes: a base configured to be secured relative to a subject; a guide movably coupled to the base to allow the guide to move relative to the base; and a connector configured to be connected to a distal end of the guide and to detachably connect to an endotracheal tube such that as the guide is moved relative to the base toward the subject, the endotracheal tube is inserted into the subject.
Claims12
An intubation system comprising:
- a base configured to be secured relative to a subject;
- a guide including a depth gauge and a guide rod movably coupled to the base to allow the guide to move relative to the base;
- and
- a securement apparatus connected to and extending away from the base and providing an opening, displaced from the base, sized to receive the guide rod for slidable movement toward and away from the base, the securement apparatus comprising:
- a guide lock configured to inhibit sliding of the guide rod in the opening;
- and
- a connector configured to be connected to a distal end of the guide rod and to detachably connect to a first endotracheal tube such that as the guide rod is moved relative to the base toward the subject, the first endotracheal tube is inserted into the subject;
- wherein the guide rod is sized and shaped to have a second endotracheal tube removed from the subject and slid over the guide rod while the securement apparatus secures the first endotracheal tube in the subject.
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An intubation system comprising:
- means for attaching to a subject and guiding a first endotracheal tube into a second endotracheal tube in the subject;
- means for holding the first endotracheal tube in place relative to the subject while the second endotracheal tube is extracted from the subject;
- means for guiding the second endotracheal tube while the second endotracheal tube is extracted from the subject;
- means for indicating a depth of the first endotracheal tube in the subject;
- and
- means for releasing the first endotracheal tube from the means for attaching to the subject and guiding the first endotracheal tube into the second endotracheal tube in the subject.
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A method of intubating a subject, the method comprising:
- ventilating the subject via a second endotracheal tube by forcing gas through the second endotracheal tube into the subject;
- connecting a guide mechanism relative to the subject by attaching a base of a securement apparatus to the subject, with a guide rod of the guide mechanism being slidably received by the securement apparatus;
- attaching the guide rod to a first endotracheal tube;
- inserting the first endotracheal tube into the second endotracheal tube disposed in the subject until a desired insertion depth is reached as indicated by the guide mechanism;
- extracting the second endotracheal tube from the subject by sliding the second endotracheal tube over the first endotracheal tube and over the guide rod;
- and
- ventilating the subject via the first endotracheal tube by forcing gas through the first endotracheal tube into the subject.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.