Endotracheal tube placement lock system
AssigneesCornell University, The New York and Presbyterian Hospital
InventorsScott Rose, Rasa Zarnegar
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Abstract
An endotracheal tube placement system for securing an endotracheal tube relative to a patient's vocal chords during surgery is disclosed. The system can include a clamp that receives the endotracheal tube and a clamp lock that selectively retains the clamp in a clamped position holding the endotracheal tube in place relative to the clamp. The clamp and clamp lock can be fixed to the mouth area of the patient's face using tape strips. The system may also include positioners sized to be placed between the upper and lower teeth of the patient when the clamp is fixed to a patient's face.
Claims18
An endotracheal tube placement system, the system comprising:
- a clamp adapted to be coupled to a patient's face, the clamp shaped to receive an endotracheal tube in a tube-receiver passageway and configured to move from an unclamped position in which the endotracheal tube is free to slide through the tube-receiver passageway to a clamped position in which the endotracheal tube is engaged by the clamp to resist movement through the tube-receiver passageway;
- a clamp lock configured to selectively retain the clamp in the clamped position to hold the endotracheal tube in place relative to the clamp;
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- at least one between-the-teeth positioner sized to be placed between upper and lower teeth of the patient when the clamp is coupled to the patient's face, the at least one between-the-teeth positioner coupled to the clamp, wherein the at least one between-the-teeth positioner includes left and right positioners movably coupled to the clamp, wherein each of the at least one between-the-teeth positioner includes a flexible tether coupled to the clamp and a bite member coupled to the flexible tether opposite the clamp, and wherein the bite member is sized to space upper and lower teeth of the patient apart from one another a preselected distance greater than the tube-receiver passageway defined by the clamp.
An endotracheal tube placement system, the system comprising a clamp adapted to be mounted relative to a patient's mouth, the clamp having a generally U-shape member with a left leg and a right leg (i) that are coupled to one another at a closed end of the clamp and (ii) that are free of one another at a free end of the clamp, the clamp shaped to receive an endotracheal tube in a tube-receiver passageway between the left leg and the right leg, and the clamp configured to move elastically from a normally unclamped position in which the endotracheal tube is free to slide through the tube-receiver passageway to a clamped position in which the endotracheal tube is engaged by the clamp to resist movement through the tube-receiver passageway, and
- a clamp lock configured to selectively retain the clamp in the clamped position to hold the endotracheal tube in place relative to the clamp and, in turn, the patient's mouth after the tube has been inserted through the clamp and into the patient's throat so as to reduce movement of the endotracheal tube out of a preselected position relative to the patient biological features,
- wherein the clamp lock is located between the closed end and the free end of the left and right legs of the clamp and spaced apart from the free end of the left and right legs of the clamp.
An endotracheal tube placement system, the system comprising a clamp adapted to be mounted relative to a patient's mouth, the clamp including a endotracheal tube grip that defines a tube-receiver passageway sized to receive an endotracheal tube and a clamp mount that extends upwardly and downwardly from the endotracheal tube grip to provide structure suitable for fixation to the patient above and below the patient's mouth, wherein the clamp is configured to move elastically from a normally unclamped position in which the endotracheal tube is free to slide through the tube-receiver passageway to a clamped position in which the tube-receiver passageway is sized to engage of the endotracheal tube resisting movement through the tube-receiver passageway,
- a clamp lock configured to retain the clamp in the clamped position, and
- tape strips adhered to the clamp mount of the clamp at locations spaced above and below the tube-receiver passageway, wherein the tape strips are adapted to be further adhered to the patient above and below the patient's mouth to fix the clamp to the patient while remaining spaced apart from the endotracheal tube which has been received in the tube-receiver passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.