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US 4,063,561 AGranted
Direction control device for endotracheal tube
AssigneeThe Signal Companies, Inc.
InventorRoger DeSalvo McKenna
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Abstract
An endotracheal intubation device is disclosed for manipulating the lower end of an endotracheal tube into the trachea or windpipe by magnetically displacing the tip of the tube to direct it towards the trachea as the tube is lowered down a patient's throat.
Claims9
An endotracheal intubation device comprising:
- a. a flexible non-metallic tubular member with an open end tapered for insertion into a patient's trachea,
- b. flexible means embedded in the wall of the tapered end of said tubular member for rendering said end magnetically responsive;
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- c. a magnetic device externally positionable over the throat of said patient proximate to the tracheal orifice and adapted to displace said magnetically responsive end forward over the tracheal orifice as said tubular member is inserted through said patient's throat.
1 more element
The apparatus of cliam 1, including means for holding said external magnetic device in position anteriorly of said throat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.