Apparatus for controlling the pressure in an endotracheal cuff, positive-pressure ventilator for artificial ventilation of an intubated patient and method for managing secretions in an intubated patient
US10953175B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 18, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2205/50
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for the management of secretions in an intubated patient by means of an endotracheal tube to which an inflatable cuff is externally associated, includes the steps of inflating the inflatable cuff for isolating the broncho-pulmonary zone of the patient from the external environment, generating a succession of overpressures inside the endotracheal tube in order to induce breathing in the patient, and a step of deflating the inflatable cuff during the generation of one of the overpressures in order to permit a drainage of the secretions generated by the patient along the trachea towards the outside.
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