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RE39938 Gastro-laryngeal mask  
A gastro-laryngeal mask features softly compliant construction of the distal half of the mask, wherein the mask is of generally elliptical configuration, with an inflatable peripheral cuff to seal...
7293561 Low profile adapter for tracheal tubes  
An adapter for use on a suction lumen of a catheter is disclosed. The adapter is capable of extending the suction capabilities of the catheter to a point distal to a suction port in the catheter....
7278429 Surface energy assisted fluid transport system  
This document discusses, among other things, systems, devices, and methods for using surface energy to assist in fluid transport or separation. One example includes removing mucus from a subject's...
7273053 Monitoring and control for a laryngeal mask airway device  
A reversibly operable motor is mechanically connected to automatically position the piston of an air syringe that is pneumatically connected to the inflatable/deflatable seal ring or cuff of a...
7263998 Respiratory apparatus  
An artificial airway device ( 10 ) of a resilient material for use as a combined obturator and airway device without penetration into a larynx comprising a pre-formed flexible saccular chamber ( 14...
7258120 Endotracheal tube apparatus and method for using the same to reduce the risk of infections  
Disclosed herein is a novel tube-in-tube endotracheal tube apparatus that allows for replacement or cleaning of an inner (first) tube without having to re-intubate the patient. The novel...
7210480 Shock treatment systems and methods  
According to the invention, methods and devices for increasing cardiopulmonary circulation induced by chest compression and decompression when performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation are provided....
7204252 Surface energy assisted fluid transport system  
A system, device or method uses surface energy to assist in fluid transport or separation. One example includes removing mucus from a subject's lungs during mechanical ventilation of the subject...
7174894 Endotracheal tube  
An endotracheal tube includes a proximal tube shaft and a distal tube shaft coupled to the proximal tube shaft. The proximal tube shape defines a proximal lumen and the distal tube shaft defines a...
7159590 Trachea tube with germicidal light source  
A tube for insertion into a trachea having a germicidal light source that is positioned above a cuff that holds the tube in place in the trachea. Activation of the germicidal light source causes an...
7159589 Disposable laryngeal mask airway device  
The disclosed laryngeal mask airway device includes a mask portion and an airway tube. The mask portion includes an inflatable cuff, which defines a central opening when the cuff is inflated. The...
7156100 Laryngeal mask airway device  
A modified laryngeal mask airway device (LMA-device) is provided with means to improve ease of insertion, reliability of function and higher seal pressure (i.e., cuff pressure ratio). The...
7156090 Tracheostomy tube  
A tracheostomy tube that enables speech. The tube is provided with an inside tube portion to be set in a trachea, an outside tube portion connected to a ventilator, and a balloon provided on the...
7152603 Endotracheal catheter and manifold assembly with improved valve  
The present invention relates to an improved flap valve or other internal component for use with respiratory suction catheter and manifold assemblies. This flap valve or other internal component...
7140369 Tracheotomy endotracheal tube  
A flexible tracheotomy endotracheal tube comprises a short distal section of tubing, an intermediate section of tubing, a pre-formed obtuse-angle bend in the tube between the distal and...
7140368 Laryngeal mask airway  
A laryngeal mask airway has a main tubular shaft ( 1 ) with a mask portion ( 5 ) attached at its patient end ( 3 ). The mask portion ( 5 ) comprises a mount ( 50 ) and a sealing cuff ( 60 )...
7128071 Intubating laryngeal mask airway device with fiber optic assembly  
The disclosed laryngeal mask airway device includes a rigid airway tube, a mask portion, and one or more optical fibers. The airway tube extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The airway tube...
7096868 Laryngeal airway device  
A laryngeal airway device, having an airway tube which has an internal passage in the airway tube wall for receiving a cuff inflation line, and a dome having an inlet and an outlet, where the dome...
7094266 Multipurpose, self-contained, portable and odor-free workstation  
A novel sanitary and odor free workstation having two spaced apart, transparent plate members that are operatively interconnected to a vacuum source and in combination define a vacuumed air...
7089943 Laryngeal mask  
A laryngeal mask includes an inflatable ring which has an outer periphery, an inner periphery with a welded edge projecting inwardly therefrom, and two opposite first and second wall parts...
7089942 Endotrachael tube with suction catheter and system  
An endotracheal tube and suction catheter system having an inflatable cuff with a collection pocket formed in the cuff for collecting pooled secretions and a railing system for controllably guiding...
7086402 Tracheal tube/tracheal catheter adaptor cap  
A device for adapting a transtracheal catheter to a tracheostomy tube includes a plurality of projections for engaging a security flange of the transtracheal catheter. The device provides for...
7073503 Respiration catheter with sealing cuff and gas inflation cut-off valve  
A respiration catheter has a sealing cuff ( 12 ) which encircles the catheter tube ( 10 ) and can be connected through a separate cuff inflation tube ( 14 ) with a source of compressed air with a...
7051736 Endotracheal tube pressure monitoring system and method of controlling same  
An endotracheal tube pressure monitoring system for an endotracheal tube having at least pressure sensor in communication with a major lumen of the endotracheal tube, and a pressure monitoring...
7047973 Laryngeal mask airway  
A laryngeal mask tube has of a dual-airway tube, a mask with an inflatable bladder and an inflation indicator device. The dual-airway tube has a primary tube communicated with the mask to guide gas...
7040322 Combination artificial airway device and esophageal obturator  
A combination artificial airway device and esophageal obturator ( 10 ) includes a esophageal cuff ( 16 ) and supraglottic cuff ( 14 ) that are inflated in a sequence to provide quick isolation of...
7040321 Method for controlling a ventilator, and system therefor  
A method for controlling breathing gas flow of a ventilator for assisted or controlled ventilation of a patient as a function of a tracheobronchial airway pressure of the patient. A ventilator...
7040312 Perilaryngeal oral airway with flexible tip guide  
An oral airway consists of an elongate tubular member having a leading distal end and a proximal end, the leading distal end leading the elongate tubular member as it is inserted into the mouth and...
7013890 Bronchial tube with an endobronchial Y-guide  
A non-slip, bronchial tube is provided for insertion into the trachea for chest surgery purposes. Insertion is accomplished through a conventional endotracheal tube by means of a built-in, spring...
7011094 Bronchial flow control devices and methods of use  
A flow control device includes a sealing component that can be positioned within a bronchial lumen. The sealing component can comprise two or more overlapping segments that are movable relative to...
7004169 Laryngeal mask with large-bore gastric drainage  
An artificial airway device for use in unconscious patients comprises a laryngo-pharyngeal mask including an expandable masking ring. The expandable mask sealingly surrounds the laryngeal inlet...
6983744 Perilaryngeal oral airway with temperature sensor  
An oral airway ( 510 ) includes an elongate tubular member ( 512 ) having a distal ( 510 ) and a proximal end ( 514 ), the oral airway being configured to place the distal end in a supraglottic...
6981502 Respiratory mask having intraoral mouthpiece with large sealing area and multiple sealing configuration  
A respiratory mask provides improved sealing through the use of an intraoral mouthpiece with a large sealing area. A tubular extension, configured at one end to accept standard respiratory...
6978784 Atraumatic endotracheal tube introducer and atraumatic intubation methods  
An endotracheal tube introducer (“introducer”) that slides within an endotracheal tube. The introducer has a tubular wall that defines a lumen extending between a split proximal end and a...
6978783 Manifold  
The invention relates to a manifold ( 100 ) for a closed system ( 1 ) for endotracheal ventilation and aspiration of a patient, having a first section ( 115 ) and a second section ( 145 ), an...
6971382 Trachea tube method and device  
Method and apparatus for a trachea tube 12 having an interiorly positioned retaining member 14 and a flange 16 forming an exteriorly positioned retaining member. The trachea tube 12 has...
6941950 Bronchial flow control devices and methods of use  
Disclosed are methods and devices for regulating fluid flow to and from a region of a patient's lung, such as to achieve a desired fluid flow dynamic to a lung region during respiration and/or to...
6941945 Device for collecting liquid from exhalation gas from a patient  
The invention refers to a device for collecting liquid from exhalation gas from a patient. The device includes a first pipe conduit ( 5, 8 ) for the supply of inhalation gas to the patient, a...
6923176 Resuscitation tube  
In a resuscitation tube ( 1 ) comprising a tube wall for alternative artificial endotracheal or esophageal obturator respiration, with a first lumen ( 2 ) and a second lumen ( 3 ) extending...
6918391 Multi-lumen endotracheal tube  
A multi lumen endotracheal tube having a balloon cuff to seal a patient's trachea during intubation. The ET tube having a main lumen for the exchange of respiratory and medicinal gases consequent...
6918388 Intubating laryngeal mask  
An intubating LMA construction features a rigid airway tube wherein curvature in a single plane establishes essentially an arcuate path of angular extent in the preferred range of 130°, plus or...
6915804 Tracheotomy surgical device  
Disclosed herein is a novel surgical instrument, and method of using same, designed for performing tracheotomy. According to specific embodiments, the subject surgical instrument comprises a novel...
6901928 Superglottic and peri-laryngeal apparatus for supraglottic airway insertion  
A superglottic and peri-laryngeal apparatus for supraglottic airway device insertion that contemporaneously clears a patient's upper airway of the tongue and other pharyngeal tissues, and raises...
6895966 Laryngeal mask airway  
A laryngeal mask airway has a curved tubular guide for insertion through the patient's mouth and oropharynx. After insertion of the guide, the beveled distal opening of the guide abuts the...
6892731 Retainer for laryngeal mask  
An endo-tracheal tube retainer used to facilitate the removal of a laryngeal mask of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical...
6889693 Endotracheal tube  
An endotracheal tube and a method for using an endotracheal tube are disclosed. In one embodiment, the endotracheal tube includes a tubular member including a distal end and a proximal end. The...
6877512 Airway device  
An airway device is disclosed. The airway device includes a tubular structure including a first end region having a first opening and a second end region having a second opening. A mask is in the...
6874504 Endotracheal tube  
An endotracheal tube includes a proximal tube shaft and a distal tube shaft coupled to the proximal tube shaft. The proximal tube shape defines a proximal lumen and the distal tube shaft defines a...
6860264 Method and apparatus for endotracheal intubation using a light wand and curved guide  
A method and apparatus for endotracheal intubation with simultaneous oxygenation/ventilation employs a curved guide and a light wand to ensure proper placement of the endotracheal tube in the...
6843250 Method and system for intubation  
An intubation method and system including the insertion of an endotracheal tube into a patient airway, inflating an cuff associated with the endotracheal tube at a location in the patient airway...
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