Single use medical aspirating device and method
US5611336A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 30, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2015 |
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 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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