Catheter for introduction into the trachea and the bronchial system

US4981477A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Rudolf Schon · Stuttgart, DE
• Christoph Schmidt · Kriftel, DE
• Jurgen Russ · Bonn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 1989
• Grant date: Jan 1, 1991
• Expiry date: Apr 11, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M25/0041
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A tubular flexible suction catheter for introduction into the trachea and the bronchial system, has at least one continuous lumen for suctioning fluids out of a lung and a distal end zone that is fashioned to be wavy in an approximately W-shape in the longitudinal extension of the suction catheter.