Title:
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT AND ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE FIXING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2022/055079
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an airway management and endotracheal tube fixing device that can address issues of an existing airway management device and enables an endotracheal tube inserted into a patient's trachea to be firmly and stably fixed. The device comprises: an intubation body part having a coupling groove open in a "C" shape, into which the endotracheal tube is fitted, and which is formed on one side of an area from the front end to the rear end of the intubation body part such that the endotracheal tube can be located in the center of an oral cavity, a cut surface which is cut in a plate shape in the remaining area, except for the area in which the coupling groove is formed, in the occipital direction, and a pair of flanges formed on the outer peripheral surface of the front end side; a support member having a support piece formed at the rear end of the flanges to support the periphery of the patient's lips, and a teeth support portion formed in the central portion of the support piece so as to support the patient's teeth in the longitudinal direction of the intubation body part; and a band-shaped fixing member which is provided to surround the intubation body part on the upper side of the flanges and presses the endotracheal tube fitted into the coupling groove so as to maintain a fixed state.
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Inventors:
BAE HONG-BEOM (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2021/007103
Publication Date:
March 17, 2022
Filing Date:
June 08, 2021
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION CHONNAM UNIV (KR)
International Classes:
A61M16/04; A61L29/04
Foreign References:
| KR20180091476A | 2018-08-16 | |||
| US5829430A | 1998-11-03 | |||
| KR20140103546A | 2014-08-27 | |||
| US20020092526A1 | 2002-07-18 | |||
| KR20080004614U | 2008-10-15 | |||
| KR102226180B1 | 2021-03-09 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
GO, Young-Su (KR)
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