Endotracheal device
OwnerRobert Salasidisinventor
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Abstract
An example endotracheal device includes: a tube having an end surface at a first end of the tube, the end surface having a rounded edge and configured to be aligned with a target obstruction; an adaptor disposed at a second end of the tube, the adaptor having: a bronchoscope connector comprising an aperture configured to admit a bronchoscope through the second end along a length of the tube to the first end of the tube to guide the tube to the target obstruction; and a suction port configured to connect to a suction device to apply suction to the tube to engage the target obstruction at the end surface.
Claims13
An endotracheal device comprising:
- a tube having an end surface at a first end of the tube, the end surface having a rounded edge and configured to be aligned with a target obstruction;
- an adaptor disposed at a second end of the tube, the adaptor having:
- a bronchoscope connector comprising an aperture configured to admit a bronchoscope through the second end along a length of the tube to the first end of the tube to guide the tube to the target obstruction;
- and
- a suction port configured to connect to a suction device to apply suction to the tube to engage the target obstruction at the end surface.
A method comprising:
- administering an endotracheal device having an end surface with a rounded edge at a first end into an endotracheal system of a subject;
- advancing a bronchoscope through the endotracheal device to a target obstruction in the endotracheal system of the subject;
- advancing the endotracheal device along the bronchoscope to align the end surface against the target obstruction;
- retracting the bronchoscope;
- applying suction to the endotracheal device to engage the target obstruction;
- and
- retracting the endotracheal device to remove the target obstruction from the endotracheal system of the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.