Endotracheal tube, device for use in medical procedure through natural opening and medical procedure through natural opening
AssigneeOlympus Medical Systems Corp.
InventorsTakayasu Mikkaichi, Takahiro Kogasaka, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Kensei Nakahashi, Hironobu Kawano
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Abstract
An endotracheal tube according to the present invention is used by being installed into a patient so as to use it together with a device having an insertion section which is inserted into the body. A portion overlapping with the device inserted into the patient is formed as a flat shape; and furthermore, an outer face portion formed along a longitudinal direction of a cross-section, of the portion formed in the flat shape contacts the device.
Claims14
An endotracheal tube which is used by being installed into a patient so as to use it together with a device having an insertion section which is inserted into the body, wherein:
- a portion overlapping with the device installed into the patient is formed as a flat shape;
- and furthermore,
- an outer face portion formed along a longitudinal direction of a cross-section of the portion formed in the flat shape contacts the device.
A device for use in a medical procedure through a natural opening, comprising:
- an over-tube which guides an endoscope when the endoscope is inserted therein;
- and
- an endotracheal tube which is used by being installed into a patient through a mouth or through a nasal cavity, wherein
- an endotracheal-tube accommodating section having a non-circular shape and enabling surface-contact with the endotracheal tube is formed at a portion overlapping with the endotracheal tube of the over-tube, while the over-tube is installed into the patient.
A medical procedure through a natural opening, comprising:
- installing an endotracheal tube into a patient through a mouth or through a nasal cavity;
- inserting a device having an insertion section to be inserted into a body of the patient, into the body of the patient;
- and
- performing a desired procedure in the body of the patient using the device.
An endotracheal tube which has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion;
- is installed into a body of a patient through a mouth or through a nasal cavity;
- and comprises a portion having a cross-sectional shape flatter than that at the distal end portion or at the proximal end portion, which is formed at a portion overlapping with a device having an insertion section to be inserted into the body, when the endotracheal tube is installed into the patient and is used together with the device, wherein
- a side face in a shorter-length direction of the cross-section of the portion having a flat shape, contacts the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.