Bridle Catheter With Illuminating End
AssigneeApplied Medical Research
InventorGeorge J. Picha
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Abstract
An illuminating bridle catheter installation system includes a flexible member having a leading end and a trailing end with a first magnet coupled to the leading end of the flexible member, and a retrieving member having a leading end and a trailing end with two non-contacting second magnets coupled to the leading end of the retrieving member. An illuminating member is coupled to one of the flexible member or the retrieving member and the illuminating member is coupled to an electronic circuit having a switch that allows the illuminating member to be illuminated when the first magnet meets the second magnets.
Claims19
An illuminating bridle installation system comprising:
- a flexible member having a leading end and a trailing end;
- at least one first magnet coupled to the leading end of the flexible member;
- a retrieving member having a leading end and a trailing end;
- at least one second magnet coupled to the leading end of the retrieving member;
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- an illuminating member coupled to at least one of the leading or trailing end of the flexible member or to the leading or trailing end of the retrieving member, said illuminating member being coupled to one of said at least one first or second magnets and an electronic circuit having a switch that allows the illuminating member to be illuminated when the at least one first magnet meets the at least one second magnet.
An illuminating installation system comprising:
- a first probe having at least one first magnet coupled to an end thereof;
- a second probe having at least one second magnet coupled to an end thereof;
- an illuminating member coupled to one of the first and the second probe;
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- an electronic circuit having a switch coupled to the illuminating member and to the at least one first magnet or to the at least one second magnet, wherein when the at least one first magnet meets the at least one second magnet so as to couple together, the switch of the electronic circuit is closed and the illuminating member is illuminated.
A method of placing a bridle catheter into the nasal cavity of a patient comprising:
- providing a flexible member having a first end and a second end, with a magnet coupled to the first end of the flexible member;
- providing a retrieving member having a magnetic first end and a second end, with an illuminating member that is operatively coupled to one of the magnetic first end or the second end so as to illuminate when the first end couples with the magnet of the flexible member;
- inserting the first end of the flexible member into a first nostril of a patient and into the posterior nasopharynx;
- inserting the first end of the retrieving member into a second nostril of the patient and into the posterior nasopharynx until the illuminating member is illuminated to indicate that the first end of the flexible member is magnetically connected to the first end of the retrieving member;
- pulling the retrieving member and at least part of the flexible member out of the second nostril;
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- cutting the flexible member such that a portion of the flexible member remains in the nasal cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.