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US 8,133,326 B2Granted
Endotracheal tube cleaning devices and methods of removing mucus accumulations from endotracheal tubes
AssigneeC.R. Bard, Inc.
InventorRonald L. Bracken
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Abstract
An endotracheal tube cleaning device may comprise an elongated member, a cleaning member at a first end of the elongated member, and a collection member. The cleaning member may include a shaving region about a periphery thereof. The elongated member may extend through the collection member, and the elongated member and cleaning member may be slidable relative to the collection member.
Claims4
A method of removing mucus accumulations from the inside walls of an endotracheal tube, the method comprising:
- inserting a cleaning member into an endotracheal tube;
- moving said cleaning member relative to said endotracheal tube such that a shaving region of said cleaning member shaves at least one mucous accumulation off the inside wall of said endotracheal tube;
- prior to removing said cleaning member from the endotracheal tube, moving said cleaning member relative to a collection member disposed inside of said endotracheal tube such that said shaved-off mucous accumulation is directed into said collection member;
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- removing said cleaning member and said collection member from said endotracheal tube.
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