Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for introducing an intubation tube into the trachea

US6743166B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

24Claims

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

George Berci · Los Angeles, US
Markus Lipp · Zürich, CH
Christian Pradel · Kalefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 13, 2001
Grant date	Jun 1, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 13, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B1/00128
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for introducing an intubation tube into the trachea. The inventive device comprises a shaft, a receiving element arranged at the distal end of said shaft to which a proximal end of an intubation tube can be mounted and a coupling arranged at the proximal end of the shaft for coupling an endoscope thereto.

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