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US 8,181,651 B2Granted
Hand powered suction device with mucus trap and suction catheter for tracheostomy tubes
AssigneePassy-Muir, Inc.
InventorLloyd Jay Pinel
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Abstract
A device and method for suctioning mucus and secretions from a patient's tracheostomy tube is described. The device utilizes a reusable squeezable bulb with check valves to regulate air flow in and out of the squeezable bulb and a disposable mucus trap and suction catheter to suction a tracheostomy tube effectively and discretely without using an electrically powered suction machine.
Claims10
A device for clearing a tracheostomy tube, comprising:
- a squeezable bulb having a first end and a second end, the second end disposed to provide suction to a tracheostomy tube when squeezing pressure is released from said squeezable bulb;
- a first one-way valve disposed at said first end of said squeezable bulb, to allow air to escape from said squeezable bulb when squeezing pressure is applied to said squeezable bulb;
- a mucus trap disposed within said squeezable bulb;
- a plurality of baffles disposed within said mucus trap, to trap mucus and other secretions within said mucus trap;
- a second one-way valve disposed on said mucus trap and at said second end of said squeezable bulb;
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- a suction catheter attached to said mucus trap and partially disposed within the tracheostomy tube,
- wherein mucus and other secretions enter said mucus trap through said suction catheter and said second one-way valve when squeezing pressure is released from said squeezable bulb.
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A suction device comprising:
- a squeezable bulb having a proximal end and a distal end, the squeezable bulb including:
- a first one-way valve;
- and
- an opening at the distal end;
- a mucus trap disposed within the squeezable bulb, the mucus trap having a proximal end and a distal end and including:
- a second one-way valve proximate to the proximal end of the mucus trap a third one-way valve proximate to the distal end of the mucus trap;
- and
- a plurality of baffles between the proximal end of the mucus trap and the distal end of the mucus trap, the baffles configured to trap mucus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.