Single use medical aspirating device and method
US5277177A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 16, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M25/0111
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A reliable contamination resistant single use disposable medical non-ventilating aspirating device and method. The device releasibly connects to and aligns with an indwelling endotracheal tube to accommodate advancing of an aspirating catheter tube of the device by manual manipulation through a sterile flexible envelope and selective evacuation of lung secretions through a closed and sterile two-position normally closed manually operable valve at the proximal end of the device, while simultaneously accommodating voluntarily respiration by the patient.
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