Catheter for introduction into the trachea and the bronchial system
OwnerRudolf Schon, Christoph Schmidt +1inventors
InventorsRudolf Schon, Christoph Schmidt, Jurgen Russ
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Abstract
A tubular flexible suction catheter for introduction into the trachea and the bronchial system, has at least one continuous lumen for suctioning fluids out of a lung and a distal end zone that is fashioned to be wavy in an approximately W-shape in the longitudinal extension of the suction catheter.
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A tubular flexible bronchial suction catheter for introduction into the trachea and the bronchial system and for suctioning fluids out of the lung, said catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and containing at least one lumen extending continuously from the proximal end to the distal end, characterized in that said suction catheter has a longitudinal axis, a portion of the suction catheter is extended along said longitudinal axis and a distal end zone immediately adjacent to the distal end of the suction catheter is permanently undulated in one plane in a longitudinal extension of the suction catheter approximately in a W-shaped configuration, terminating with an open free wave leg that is inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the suction catheter.
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