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OwnerJohn Brewer, Ilona F. Weart +4inventors
InventorsJohn Brewer, Ilona F. Weart, Cassandra E. Morris, Joe Gordon, Stephen Gianelis, David Zitnick
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There is provided a port sealing cartridge that allows for insertion of a catheter or other medical device into an endotracheal tube and thence the patient's lungs through an available access port. The port sealing cartridge has a primary and a secondary seal or collar that sequentially provide a pressure seal as a medical device is inserted through them and into the system. An optional tethered dust cover may also be used on the proximal end of the port seal cartridge. The port seal cartridge may desirably be fitted with a quick-connection so that it may be easily removed, disposed of and replaced. The port seal may be used for access to a patient's lungs with a bronchoalveolar catheter, bronchoscope or other medical device for treatment or sampling of the respiratory tract.
A port seal cartridge comprising a body having distal end and a proximal end and a primary seal and a secondary seal or collar therebetween adapted to allow passage of a medical device therethrough, said distal end being adapted to attach to a port, and;
The port seal cartridge that is adapted to detachably attach to a port.
A disposable port seal cartridge comprising a body with a quick-connect fitting for attaching to a port on a manifold that is connected to an endotracheal tube on a proximal end of said endotracheal tube, said port seal cartridge having primary and secondary seals sequentially disposed and adapted to receive a medical device inserted therethrough, said primary seal being open when said medical device is inserted and said secondary seal being closed when said medical device is inserted.
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