Endotracheal tube holder
AssigneeDale Medical Products, Inc.
InventorsJames Styers, Claude Twogood
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Abstract
An endotracheal tube holder providing enhanced patient comfort and easy and secure attachment of various sized tubes. The holder includes a multi-component plastic clamping device having an inner bite block and straps for maintaining the device in position. The device further includes a support member with a barrel, and a cylinder movable within the barrel, and complimentary bores through the barrel and cylinder which release the tube when the bores are aligned and clamp down on the tube when the bores are in various unaligned positions.
Claims23
A holder for securing an endotracheal tube extending from a patient's mouth, the holder comprising:
- a support member and a cylinder;
- a support member being positional in front of the patient's mouth and including a first tube bore for receiving the endotracheal tube and a cylinder bore substantially perpendicular to the first tube bore for receiving the cylinder;
- the cylinder being movable within the cylinder bore and including a second tube bore movable between an aligned position wherein the axes through the centers of the first and second tube bores are colinear and the endotracheal tube passes freely through the aligned bores, and a plurality of unaligned positions wherein the axes are non-colinear but parallel for frictionally engaging endotracheal tubes of varying diameters to prevent movement thereof and without occluding the tube;
- a coupling for adjustably maintaining the first and second tube bores in the plurality of unaligned positions;
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- attachment means for maintaining the support member in front of the patient's mouth.
A holder for securing an endotracheal tube extending from a patient's mouth, the holder comprising:
- a support member and a cylinder;
- the support member being positionable in front of the patient's mouth and including a first tube bore for receiving the endotracheal tube and a cylinder bore substantially perpendicular to the first tube bore for receiving the cylinder;
- the cylinder being movable within the cylinder bore and including a second tube bore movable between an aligned position wherein the axes through the centers of the first and second tube bores are colinear and the endotracheal tube passes freely through the aligned bores, and a plurality of unaligned positions wherein the axes are non-colinear but parallel for frictionally engaging endotracheal tubes of varying diameters to prevent movement thereof and without occluding the tube;
- wherein the first and second tube bores are substantially circular and include opposing extensions, the opposing extensions providing increased engagement of the tube in the plurality of unaligned positions;
- a coupling for adjustably maintaining the first and second tube bores in the plurality of unaligned positions;
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- attachment means for maintaining the support member in front of the patient's mouth.
A holder for securing an endotracheal tube extending from a patient's mouth, the holder comprising:
- a support member and a cylinder;
- the support member being positionable in front of the patient's mouth and including a first tube bore for receiving the endotracheal tube and a cylinder bore substantially perpendicular to the first tube bore for receiving the cylinder;
- wherein the support member includes a guard member having an inner bite block and a barrel member attached to the guard member and having the cylinder bore, and wherein the first tube bore extends through both the guard and barrel members;
- the cylinder being movable within the cylinder bore and including a second tube bore movable between an aligned position wherein the axes through the centers of the first and second tube bores are colinear and the endotracheal tube passes freely through the aligned bores, and a plurality of unaligned positions wherein the axes are non-colinear but parallel for frictionally engaging endotracheal tubes of varying diameters to prevent movement thereof and without occluding the tube;
- a coupling for adjustably maintaining the first and second tube bores in the plurality of unaligned positions;
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- attachment means for maintaining the support member in front of the patient's mouth;
- wherein the first and second tube bores are substantially circular and include opposing extensions, wherein the opposing extensions provide increased engagement of the tube in the plurality of unaligned positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.