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US 5,842,466 AGranted
Stylette end cap
OwnerCorey M. Selmaninventor
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Abstract
A stylette or end cap connector for supporting a guide or stylette for medical tubing wherein the end cap is of integral tubular construction, and has a plurality of apertures through an enlarged head, and wherein an interior projection aids in friction fit retention with medical tubing, which is inserted therein.
Claims7
A connector cap for providing stylette support and connection to an endotracheal tube comprising the combination of:
- a tubular, elastomeric member of flexible thin wall construction having a first open end adapted to interiorally receive an elongate endotracheal tube in friction fit engagement therewith and a second end of substantially closed wall construction and having a plurality of spaced, through bores to receive one of a selected size stylette therethrough in supportive relationship therewith, said second end having an interior, depending integral projection about a minor portion of a circumference of the interior of said second end, and being spaced away from said plurality of spaced, through bores, said first open end being radiused and said tubular elastomeric member being pliable and having a durometer rating of between 20-90 on the A scale.
A connector cap for providing stylette support and connection to an endotracheal tube comprising the combination of:
- a tubular, elastomeric member of flexible thin wall construction having a first open end adapted to interiorally receive an elongate endotracheal tube in friction fit engagement therewith and an outwardly flared second end of substantially closed wall construction and having at least two like-sized, spaced through bores to receive a stylette therethrough in supportive relationship therewith, said outwardly flared second end having an interior, depending integral projection about a minor portion of a circumference of the interior of said second end, and extending inward along the length of the interior surface of said end cap and being spaced away from said at least two-like-sized, spaced through bores, said first open end being radiused and said tubular elastomeric member being pliable and having a durometer rating of between 20-90 on the A scale.
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