SELF POSITIONING TRACHEAL TUBE CLEARANCE MECHANISM USING A COLLAR

• Main Authors: SARGENT, Carolyn Y, CESA, Joseph, A, STADELMAN, Jennifer S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.05.2017
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A device for cleaning the interior wall of a catheter has a cleaning lumen and a non-inflatable removal element comprising a sliding collar that has a first location as the cleaning lumen advances and a second location as the cleaning lumen retracts within the catheter. A sliding collar has a first...