Endotracheal intubation system and intubation procedure
OwnerFrederic Supiezinventor
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Abstract
An endotracheal intubation device includes an inflatable cuff connected to an inflation tube, visualization means, where the visualization means include means to enlighten and an image guide, where the means to enlighten, the image guide, and the inflation tube are associated to a first three ways connector adapted to connect the endotracheal intubation device to a control panel; a packaging is also provided containing the endotracheal intubation device wherein the first three ways connector is placed across the packaging so as to allow checking the endotracheal intubation device without impairing its sterility with an endotracheal intubation device tester; an intubation method is further provided using the packaging, the control panel and the endotracheal intubation device tester.
Claims19
An endotracheal intubation device comprising:
- a main tube having a peripheral wall,
- a proximal end portion,
- a central portion,
- a distal end portion, and
- an inflatable cuff being disposed on the main tube in sealed relation thereto adjacent to the distal end portion and connected to an inflation tube and visualization means,
- wherein said visualization means comprise means to enlighten the area around the distal end portion towards an intubation direction, and wherein an image guide extends from the distal end portion to at least the proximal end portion,
- wherein said means to enlighten, said image guide, and said inflation tube are associated to a first three ways connector adapted to connect said endotracheal intubation device to a control panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.