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AssigneeChimei Medical Center
InventorsJEN-YIN CHEN, KUO-MAO LAN
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A trachea monitoring tube and an endotracheal catheter incorporating the same are characterized in that the trachea monitoring tube is located outside a breathing tube of the endotracheal catheter. More specifically, the breathing tube has a first end portion and a second end portion, the latter of which is inserted into a patient's respiratory duct during use; and the trachea monitoring tube has a monitoring end fixed to the breathing tube and spaced from the first end portion of the breathing tube by a predetermined distance. An endoscope can be inserted into the trachea monitoring tube in order to observe from outside the breathing tube how the breathing tube is inserted into the patient's respiratory duct.
An endotracheal catheter incorporating a trachea monitoring tube, for use in combination with an endoscope during tracheal intubation, the endotracheal catheter comprising:
A trachea monitoring tube configured to be fixed to a breathing tube, wherein the breathing tube has a first end portion and a second end portion, the trachea monitoring tube comprising a monitoring end and a fixing element for fixing the monitoring end to the breathing tube such that the monitoring end and the first end portion of the breathing tube are spaced by a predetermined distance.
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