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Device and method for detection and treatment of ventilator associated pneumonia in a mammalian subject

US9480807B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Elwha LLC · US

Inventors

Jeffrey A. Bowers · Bellevue, US
Paul Duesterhoft · Issaquah, US
Daniel Hawkins · Pleasanton, US
Roderick A. Hyde · Redmond, US
Edward K.Y. Jung · Bellevue, US
Jordin T. Kare · Seattle, US
Eric C. Leuthardt · Chesterfield, US
Gary L. McKnight · Bothell, US
Nathan P. Myhrvold · Bellevue, US
Michael A. Smith · Phoenix, US
Clarence T. Tegreene · Bellevue, US
Lowell L. Wood, JR. · Bellevue, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 2, 2013
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2209/02
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Devices and methods are disclosed herein for preventing or treating ventilator associated pneumonia in a mammalian subject. The device includes an endotracheal tube having an interior surface and an exterior surface; and one or more closed cell layers in contact with the exterior surface and circumferentially surrounding one or more longitudinal portion of the endotracheal tube, wherein the closed cell layer is flexibly shaped to reversibly form a seal in a trachea of a mammalian subject.

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