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US 2017/0196547 A1Published application
Retractor suction catheter
OwnerPaulino Edwardo Gocoinventor
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Abstract
A retractor suction catheter used during surgery is provided. The suction catheter may include a flexible tube having an open end and a closed end. The open end may include a fitting. The tube may further include a plurality of slits in between the open end and the closed end. The tube may fit through a subject's oral cavity and out of the mouth. The tube may retract the soft palate so that the surgeon may perform the proper surgery. Further, a vacuum may be attached to the fitting, and therefore liquids, fumes and debris may be removed through the apertures.
Claims10
A suction catheter comprising:
- a flexible tube having a first end, a second end, and a cluster of slits formed through the flexible tube in between the first end and the second end, wherein
- the first end comprises a closed end and the second end comprises a fitting formed to releasably secure to a vacuum hose, and
- the cluster of slits are biased in a closed position when the flexible tube is in a relaxed state, wherein when a tension is applied to the tube the cluster of slits deform from the closed position to an open position, forming a cluster of openings.
A method of treatment comprising the steps of:
- providing a flexible tube comprising a first closed end, a second open end and a cluster of slits formed through the tube in between the first closed end and the second open end;
- inserting the first closed end through a nasal cavity, through an oral cavity and out of a mouth of a user;
- positioning the plurality of slits in between the oral cavity and the nasal cavity adjacent to a soft palate of the user;
- and
- pulling the tube against the soft palate, thereby retracting the soft palate and deforming the plurality of slits from a closed position to an open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.