A device for holding endotracheal tubes
AssigneeClip Fab R&D Medical Instruments
InventorsAntonio FERRANDIZ CATALAN, Jose Miguel CASANOVAS RODRIGUEZ
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Abstract
A device for holding endotracheal tubes includes a bite tube that defines a passage zone for at least one endotracheal tube; a front plate and an adjustable retainer joined to the bite tube, and which form means for limiting displacement of the bite tube in an axial direction towards the interior and exterior of the mouth of the patient, respectively; and means for immobilising at least one endotracheal tube with respect to the bite tube in an axial direction. The device includes a lateral opening along the entire length of the bite tube, the front plate and the adjustable retainer for lateral or transversal introduction of at least one endotracheal tube into the passage zone defined by the bite tube.
Claims5
A device for holding endotracheal tubes, intended to secure at least one endotracheal tube with respect to a patient's mouth and comprising:
- a bite tube that defines a passage zone for at least one endotracheal tube,
- a front plate and an adjustable retainer joined to the bite tube and which form means for limiting displacement of the bite tube in the axial direction towards the interior and exterior of the mouth of the patient respectively;
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- means for immobilising at least one endotracheal tube with respect to the bite tube in the axial direction,
- wherein a lateral opening is formed along an entire length of the bite tube, the front plate and the adjustable retainer for lateral or transversal introduction of at least one endotracheal tube into the passage zone defined by the bite tube, and
- wherein the front plate and the adjustable retainer are arranged externally with respect to the bite tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.