To provide a suction apparatus which is constituted to allow a connector to perform connection to a liquid source for supplying to a suction hole, and which includes a closure part for closing a second port when the second port is not in use.
A tracheal tube has a sealing cuff towards its patient end and a suction aperture just above the cuff. The suction aperture connects via a lumen with a suction line 9 terminated by a connector 10. One end of the connector 10 is tapered and has a port 20 for connection to a suction source. The connector 10 also has a side port 17 in which the nose of a syringe can be inserted to inject a lavage fluid out of the suction aperture to help loosen secretions. When not in use, the side port 17 is closed by a valve or by a closure cap 21 with formations 24 and 25 for sealing the two ports 20 and 17.
Kosaku Sugimura
Kiyoshi Kuruma
Shiro Fujitani
Tatsuya Sawada