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US 9,867,957 B2Granted
Endoscopic bite block
AssigneeOridion Medical 1987 Ltd.
InventorsJoshua Lewis Colman, Gershon Levitsky, Ron Porat
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Abstract
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention there is provided a bite block assembly adapted for capnography and oxygen delivery to a subject, the bite block assembly (50) including a first capnography passageway adapted for passage therethrough of exhaled breath from the subject to a capnograph and a second oxygen delivery passageway, separate from the first passageway, adapted for passage therethrough of oxygen from an oxygen source to the mouth of the subject.
Claims11
A bite block comprising:
- a first hollow tubular portion configured to be inserted into a subject's mouth, the first hollow tubular portion comprising, on an outer portion thereof, a second tubular portion configured to engage an oxygen supply tube, such that when the oxygen supply tube is connected to the second tubular portion a valve is configured to open, and when the oxygen supply tube is disconnected from the second tubular portion the valve is configured to close;
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- a main body portion from which the first hollow tubular portion extends, the main body portion comprising a longitudinal groove;
- wherein oral breath, exhaled through the first hollow tubular portion, is directed towards the groove, wherein when the valve is closed oxygen flow is directed to an oral nasal cannula.
1 more element
A bite block comprising:
- a first hollow channel configured for insertion into a subject's mouth, the first hollow channel comprising a second channel;
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- a main body portion from which the first hollow channel extends, the main body portion comprising a tube element configured to detachably connect to an oral-nasal cannula, such that when the oral-nasal cannula is connected to the tube element a valve is configured to open, and when the oral-nasal cannula is disconnected from the tube element the valve is configured to close.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.