US 2013/0276791 A1Published application

Airway stabilization system

AssigneeSecurisyn Medical, LLC

InventorArthur Kanowitz

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Abstract

An airway stabilization system is provided which may be fitted to any airway device to maintain an airway in a patient and which prevents clinically significant movement of the airway device with respect to the patient's vocal cords in response to the application of significant forces in any direction to the device, be they longitudinal, torsional/rotational or bending. The system comprises an improved airway device and an improved securing device having interactive components that cooperate integrally with and engage one another to provide unparalleled strength and stability against movement. The securing device includes a unique stabilizer conjured to releasable engage or release a retention structure on the airway device with a simple twist to facilitate ease of application in all conditions. A connector is also provided for facilitating ease of connection and disconnection to a source of ventilatory air without constricting the airway device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An airway stabilization system for maintaining an airway device in a patient's trachea, the patient having a head, a face, a mouth, an oral cavity, vocal cords, a neck, a chest and a chin, the system comprising:

an airway device including an elongate body portion having an external and an internal diameter extending along a central axis, the airway device being anatomically shaped to conform to the shape of the trachea;
a connector device for facilitating ease of connection and disconnection of the airway device to an external source of ventilatory air without constricting the internal diameter of the airway device;
a retention member positioned on the airway device;
a securing device adapted to be secured to the patient, the securing device being structured and arranged to actively engage the retention member and to cooperate therewith to prevent clinically significant movement of the airway device with respect to the patient's vocal cords in response to the application of significant forces thereto;
and
means for securing the securing device to the patient's head.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/924,568Filed 22 Jun 2013
Priority: 3 Feb 2006
Published: 24 Oct 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

A61M 16/0497
Mouthpieces; Means for guiding, securing or introducing the tubes: tube stabilizer
A61M 16/04
Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. ventilators ; Tracheal tubes: tracheal tubes
A61M 16/0402
Tracheal tubes: special features for tracheal tubes not otherwise provided for
A61M 16/044
Cuffs: external cuff pressure control or supply, e.g. synchronisation with respiration

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Application11/346,686Continuation in part · filed 3 Feb 2006
Application13/080,933Continuation in part · filed 6 Apr 2011
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