# US 2014/0194688 A1 · Closed suction set insertable with bronchoscope

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- Number: US 2014/0194688 A1
- Document ID: US20140194688A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/738,197
- Filed: 2013-01-10
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10
- Assignees: Pacific Hospital Supply Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Pacific Hospital Supply Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: HSUAN-CHIAO HO; MING-CHUNG CHEN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194688A1

## CPC

- A61B 1/2676: {Bronchoscopes}
- A61B 1/00137: {End pieces at either end of the endoscope, e.g. caps, seals or forceps plugs}
- A61B 1/00154: {using guiding arrangements for insertion}
- A61M 16/0463: {combined with suction tubes, catheters or the like; Outside connections}
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

## Abstract

A closed suction set insertable (1) includes a tube body (10), a bronchoscope connector (20), a choke valve (30) and a bronchoscope socket (40). The bronchoscope connector (20) is installed on the tube body (10), and the choke valve (30) is plugged into an external port (201) of the bronchoscope connector (20), and the choke valve (30) has a flexible choke plate (31) with an end extended into the bronchoscope connector (20) and sealed with an end of the choke valve (30). The bronchoscope socket (40) includes an external sleeve (41) and an internal sleeve (42), and the internal sleeve (42) has an insert hole (420) for passing a bronchoscope (2).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope (1), comprising:
a tube body (10), having a connected space (100);
a bronchoscope connector (20), installed on the tube body (10) and interconnected with the connected space (100);
a choke valve (30), plugged into an external port (201) of the bronchoscope connector (20), and having at least one flexible choke plate (31) with an end extended into the bronchoscope connector (20) and abutted against the bronchoscope connector (20) and sealed with an end of the choke valve (30); and
a bronchoscope socket (40), including an external sleeve (41) sheathed on the bronchoscope connector (20) and an internal sleeve (42) formed and extended into the external sleeve (41), and the internal sleeve (42) having an insert hole (420) for passing the bronchoscope (2).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope according to claim 1, wherein the tube body (10) includes at least one connector communicated with one another through the connected space (100), and the connectors include a suction connector (111) for connecting a suction tube, a tracheal connector (112) adapted to be for connecting a human trachea, a respiration connector (113) for connecting an oxygen supply device, a flush connector (114) installed between the respiration connector (113) and the suction connector (111), and a control valve connector (115), and the bronchoscope connector (20) is situated between the respiration connector (113) and the flush connector (114).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope according to claim 1, wherein the bronchoscope connector (20) is installed with an inclined angle with respect to the tube body (10).

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope according to claim 1, wherein the choke valve (30) includes a ring (32) sheathed and pressed on external port (201) of the bronchoscope connector (20), and the other end of the flexible choke plate (31) is extended and coupled to the ring (32).

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope according to claim 4, wherein the ring (32) is clamped between the bronchoscope connector (20) and the bronchoscope socket (40).

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope according to claim 5, wherein the ring (32) has a top surface clamped between the external port (201) of the bronchoscope connector (20) and the internal wall (401) of the bronchoscope socket (40).

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope according to claim 5, wherein the ring (32) has a sidewall attached onto the internal wall (202) of the bronchoscope connector (20) and the internal sleeve (42) of the bronchoscope socket (40).

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope according to claim 4, further comprising a circular containing groove (400) formed between the external sleeve (41) and the internal sleeve (42) of the bronchoscope socket (40), and the ring (32) being installed in the circular containing groove (400).

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope according to claim 1, wherein the flexible choke plate (31) comes with a plural quantity, and the flexible choke plates (31) are enclosed to form a conical shape.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope according to claim 1, wherein the insert hole (420) has a diameter smaller than the diameter of the bronchoscope (2).

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The closed suction set insertable with a bronchoscope according to claim 1, wherein the bronchoscope socket (40) further includes a cover (43) covered onto the external sleeve (41) and coupled to an external wall of the external sleeve (41).
