Catheter mount with suction port
AssigneeFisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited
InventorsGavin Walsh Millar, Edwin Joseph Lyons, Madeleine Bess Martin, David Robert Kemps
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Abstract
A catheter mount is configured to be attached to a respiratory apparatus. The catheter mount includes a plurality of ports in fluid communication with each other. The plurality of ports include an interface port configured to connect to an interface tube, a conduit port configured to connect to a conduit tube, and at least one suction port configured to allow insertion of a suction catheter. The at least one suction port can be positioned to allow the suction catheter, when inserted, access to both the interface port and conduit port.
Claims21
1-12. (canceled)
A catheter mount able to be attached to a respiratory apparatus, the catheter mount comprising:
- a mount body;
- a plurality of ports in fluid communication with each other, the plurality of ports comprising:
- an interface port configured to connect to an interface tube;
- a conduit port configured to connect to a conduit tube;
- and
- at least one suction port allowing insertion of a suction catheter;
- and
- a switch that redirects the suction catheter depending upon a position of the switch, the mount body allowing fluid communication between the conduit port and the interface port via a flow channel located within the mount body, the at least one suction port being aligned with either the interface port or the conduit port, and the catheter mount enabling the suction catheter, when inserted, to access both the interface port and the conduit port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.