Automated cuff pressure modulation system for endotracheal tubes

Abstract

Automated cuff pressure modulation systems are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a cuff pressure modulation device for modulating cuff pressure of a cuff integrated with an airway tube includes a pressure sensor configured to track a real-time respiration pattern, a cuff pump configured to selectively inflate or deflate the cuff, a memory storing a minimum cuff pressure threshold and a maximum cuff pressure threshold, and a controller operably coupled to each of the pressure sensor, the cuff pump, and the memory. The controller can be configured to (i) determine, based on the real-time respiration pattern, an inhalation period and an exhalation period of the patient, (ii) operate, during the determined inhalation period, the cuff pump to increase the cuff pressure to the maximum cuff pressure threshold, and (iii) operate, during the determined exhalation period, the cuff pump to decrease the cuff pressure to the minimum cuff pressure threshold.

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