US 2020/0139064 A1 · Connector Device

Abstract

A connector device 10 for releasably connecting a bougie 18 or stylet to an endotracheal (intubation) tube (ETT) 12 has a body portion 14 having an opening 16 provided as a longitudinal bore or channel. The connector device can be adjusted to grip the bougie or stylet. The connector device can have passages 40, 41 and a port 42 for supply of gas into or from the ETT. The connector device can include clamping means 30, 32 to clasp the exterior of the ETT to internally grip the bougie or stylet within the ETT. The connector device can grip the bougie or stylet by insertion of the connector device into an open connection end of the ETT. The connector device can form part of the bougie or stylet or be attached thereto, such as by moulding or bonding or other attachment means.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A connector device comprising:

a body portion having an opening for receiving a bougie or stylet;
and
a tube engaging portion;
wherein a bougie or stylet locates into the opening of the body portion and the tube engaging portion engages with a tube or tube connector.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/312,649Filed 7 Jul 2017

Priority

AU 20169026989 Jul 2016

Published

7 May 2020

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A61M 16/0488
Tracheal tubes: mouthpieces; Means for guiding, securing or introducing the tubes
A61M 16/0816
Bellows; Connecting tubes ; Water traps; Patient circuits: joints or connectors
A61M 16/085
For sampling: gas sampling
A61M 25/0102
Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters: insertion or introduction using an inner stiffening member, e.g. stylet or push-rod

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