Patient esophageal detector device in combination with a carbon dioxide detector
AssigneeMercury Enterprises, Inc.
InventorJeffrey B. Ratner
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Abstract
The CO2 detector has a disc attached to a rim which in turn is attached to a third port on a esophageal detector housing. A baffle rises from an interior surface of the housing to slightly below an opening to the third port. A first and second port of the housing on each side of the third port are in axial alignment. The first port is attached to an elastomeric bulb and the second port is adapted to be connected to an adapter which in turn is attached to an intubation tube. A colorimetric indicator paper is shown through a clear plastic cover after removing backing on the indicator paper through the second port.
Claims15
An esophageal detector device in combination with a carbon dioxide (CO2) detector, the device and detector comprising:
- an esophageal detector housing containing a first port connected to an elastomeric bulb, and a second port adapted for receipt of a first end of an intubation tube adapter and a third port between the first and second port;
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- a disc overlaying a chemically treated colorimetric indicator paper and a support for the disc affixed to the third port.
A carbon dioxide (CO2) detector for use in combination with an esophageal detector, the CO2 detector portion comprising:
- a clear plastic disc seated on a rim affixed to the rim of a third port on a housing of the esophageal detector, the esophageal detector having a first and second port on each side distal from the third port,
- a top surface of a colorimetric indicator paper affixed to a bottom surface of the clear plastic disc and a backing paper remaining on a bottom surface of the indicator paper, the backing paper protruding out of the second port on the esophageal detector and an elastomeric bulb attached to the first port of the esophageal detector, the backing paper having been pulled out of the second port prior to attachment of an intubation tube adapter to the second port.
An esophageal detector device in combination with a carbon dioxide (CO2) detector, the device and detector comprising:
- an esophageal detector housing containing a first port connected to an elastomeric bulb, and a second port adapted for receipt of a first end of an intubation tube adapter and a third port between the first and second port;
- a disc overlaying a chemically treated colorimetric indicator paper and a support for the disc affixed to the third port;
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- the intubation tube adapter affixed at a first end to the second port and affixed at a second end to an intubation tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.