Indotracheal tube
OwnerWolfram Lamade, Uta Meyding-Lamadeinventors
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Abstract
A double balloon endrotrachael tube has a hose section (1) and at least two adjacent balloons (3; 6) that may be independently inflated. Atraumatic sensors for monitoring the motor larynx nerves are associates to the upper balloon (3). For that purpose, electric and/or electromagnetic sensors (4) are arranged on the surface of said balloon.
Claims6
An endotracheal tube comprising a tube segment and a pair of expandable balloons, one of said balloons being an upper balloon and the other of said balloons being a lower balloon, said balloons being spaced from each other along the longitudinal axis of said tube segment, said balloons being independeetly expandable, said upper balloon having atraumatic sensors arranged on its surface to contact the inner surface of the vocal cords and said lower balloon having at least one electrode on its surface, said electrode being positioned to stimulate the recurrent laryngeal nerve at the surface of the trachea.
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