Device and method for clearing an obstructed airway
AssigneeExtralife Ltd.
InventorYARON LEIFENBERG
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Abstract
A device for clearing an obstructed airway of a subject, including an airway interface configured to be positioned over a mouth and/or nose of the subject, a pump in fluid communication with the airway interface and configured to generate suction at the airway interface when activated, and a sleeve surrounding the pump, where the device is configured to activate the pump to generate the suction when the airway interface is pushed against the mouth and/or nose of the subject by pushing on the sleeve, where the device is configured to be held and activated with one hand.
Claims18
A device for clearing an obstructed airway of a subject comprising:
- an airway interface configured to be positioned over a mouth and/or nose of the subject;
- a pump in fluid communication with the airway interface and configured to generate suction at the airway interface when activated, and a sleeve surrounding the pump, wherein the device is configured to activate the pump to generate the suction when the airway interface is pushed against the mouth and/or nose of the subject by pushing on the sleeve, wherein the device is configured to be held and activated with one hand.
A method of clearing an obstructed airway comprising:
- positioning an airway clearing device over a mouth and/or nose of a subject, the airway clearing device including an airway interface configured to be positioned over a mouth and/or nose of the subject, a pump in fluid communication with the airway interface and configured to generate suction at the airway interface when activated, and a sleeve surrounding the pump;
- and
- pushing the sleeve to thereby push the airway interface against the mouth and/or nose to thereby activate the pump,
- wherein the pushing of the sleeve is performed with one hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.