1332results about "Tracheal tubes" patented technology

Disclosed herein is a sensor device for volumetric capnography. The sensor device is coupled to an adapter comprising a housing that encloses a measurement volume. The adapter is configured for gas flow along a first length axis, which aligns with a second length axis of the sensor device. The device includes an IR light source and an IR light detector, positioned on opposite sides of the housing. The IR light source emits IR light toward the detector across the measurement volume. The sensor device also includes a first ultrasonic transceiver in contact with the adapter and configured to emit ultrasound centered at a first position along the second length axis, directed partly along the axis and partly transversely. A second ultrasonic transceiver, also in contact with the adapter, emits ultrasound centered at a second position along the second length axis, directed partly opposite to the first direction and partly transversely.

In some implementations, a low dead space airway adapter for sampling fluid flowing through a ventilation assembly includes an outer wall configured to couple to an endotracheal (ET) tube adapter and an internal projection positioned at least partially within an internal cavity defined by the outer wall and configured to extend within an internal cavity of the ET tube adapter when the airway adapter is in use. The internal projection can include a fluid passageway configured for fluid communication with at least a portion of the internal cavity of the ET tube adapter and a free end comprising an opening in fluid communication with the fluid passageway. At least a portion of the free end can be chamfered around the opening and configured to contact an inner surface of the ET tube adapter when the outer wall is coupled to the ET tube adapter.

An endotracheal tube apparatus to treat a patient comprising an endotracheal tube and a hub connection fitting; the endotracheal tube insertable into a trachea of the patient; the hub connection fitting connectable to the endotracheal tube; a ventilation passageway extending through the hub connection fitting and a ventilation lumen of the endotracheal tube; a plurality of ports joined with the hub connection fitting, the plurality of ports comprising at least a first port and a second port; a first passageway extending within the hub connection fitting, the first passageway in fluid communication with the first port; a second passageway extending within the hub connection fitting, the second passageway in fluid communication with the second port; a third passageway extending within the hub connection fitting and a secondary lumen of the endotracheal tube.

This application relates to a patient interface and headgear for a breathing apparatus. The patient interface includes a headgear, such as a nasal cannula. The interface has a flexible face mount and a more rigid gas flow manifold component. The flexible face mount has a nose fork and a base portion, while the more rigid gas flow manifold component has an inlet and an outlet. Gas is delivered into the manifold inlet and flows out through the outlet and into the base portion of the face mount. The outlet of the manifold component includes a groove that creates a gap between the base portion of the face mount and the manifold component in an area adjacent to the philtrum, thereby providing pressure relief on the nasal septum. The headgear has a strap. The portion of the headgear that contacts the face has a surface area for frictionally engaging with the skin. The material in these areas can be in the form of a sleeve, coating, or overmolded. The remaining portion of the strap has a different material property than the portion that contacts the face.

The invention discloses an infant airway management system and method based on navigation and high-precision dynamic registration, and the method comprises the steps: constructing a personalized airway deformation model through a physical constraint-based few-sample transfer learning network, generating an optimal instrument matching scheme, and providing a semantic weighted tight coupling visual inertial odometer; the confidence coefficient of feature points is dynamically adjusted by segmenting airway anatomy semantics in real time, data are fused under a factor graph optimization framework, and sub-millimeter robust positioning is achieved. Based on the high-precision trajectory, the system introduces a space-time attention fusion network, captures a long-range time sequence dependency relationship between operation micro-actions and physiological parameters, calculates a real-time dynamic risk score, and compensates airway soft tissue deformation in real time through a non-rigid deformation field model. The technical problems that an existing navigation system is prone to being lost in a microcosmic dynamic environment and risk early warning lags behind are effectively solved, and the safety and the success rate of the infant airway management operation are remarkably improved.

A system and method for targeted stimulation with a tracheal phrenic nerve stimulation device that can include: performing an initialization routine of a stimulation module that determines a set of stimulation parameters, the initialization routine comprises: cycling through electrode groupings, detecting a response in a respiratory signal for each electrode grouping, and determining a select electrode grouping as part of the stimulation parameters; and operating a stimulation module using the set of stimulation parameters.

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical auxiliary instruments, and discloses a head position supporting and fixing device for the anesthesiology department, which comprises a base plate, the base plate is connected with a head supporting and fixing assembly, the head supporting and fixing assembly comprises a base, a telescopic piece and a headrest plate, the base is connected with a bandage, a lock catch and a connecting seat, and the connecting seat is in sliding connection with the base. The telescopic piece is connected with the base plate. The connecting base is rotationally connected with the telescopic end of the telescopic piece. The headrest plate is connected with the base through a connecting shaft, an inner spline and a blank part are arranged on the inner side of the base, an outer spline is arranged on the outer side of the connecting shaft, and the axial length of the outer spline is smaller than that of the blank part. The head of a patient is fixed through the bandage, and the fixing stability of the head is good; the pitching angle of the head is adjusted by adjusting the height of the telescopic piece, the swinging angle of the head is adjusted by adjusting the meshing condition between the headrest plate and the spline of the base, and the clinical requirement for the head fixing angle can be fully met.

The invention discloses an intelligent nasopharyngeal catheter and a breath sound monitoring system.The intelligent nasopharyngeal catheter comprises a nasopharyngeal catheter body, a first acoustic sensing part and an optical fiber, the nasopharyngeal catheter body comprises a first body and a second body, and the first body is connected with the second body; the cross sectional area of the second body is gradually increased from one end, close to the first body, of the second body to one end far away from the first body; at least part of the optical fiber is embedded in the first body, the first acoustic sensing part is arranged on the optical fiber and located in the first body, the first acoustic sensing part is used for converting vibration and / or pressure fluctuation of breathing sound waves of a patient into optical signals, and the optical fiber is used for being connected with a demodulation host so that the demodulation host can receive the optical signals from the first acoustic sensing part. Therefore, the breathing signal can be collected through the first acoustic sensing part, and the breathing signal of the patient can be transmitted to the demodulation host, so that the breathing condition of the patient can be monitored in real time to guarantee the safety of the patient.

Module for housing electronic and electromechanical medical equipment including a portable digital camera and processing circuitry with machine vision and machine learning software for automatically documenting healthcare events and healthcare equipment operations in the electronic health record.

The invention relates to the field of breath sound monitoring, and discloses a tracheal intubation device and a breath sound monitoring system.The tracheal intubation device comprises a tracheal catheter used for being inserted into an airway of a patient; the first sound detection piece is an optical fiber sound sensor, the first sound detection piece is installed on the tracheal catheter, the first sound detection piece is used for detecting breathing sound wave information in the airway of a patient, and the first sound detection piece is used for being in communication connection with the monitoring host so as to transmit the detected breathing sound wave information to the monitoring host. Therefore, the first sound detection piece is installed on the tracheal catheter, the first sound detection piece can be directly located in the internal environment of the airway of the patient, the accuracy of monitoring breathing sound and sound wave information of the patient through the tracheal intubation device can be improved, and the first sound detection piece transmits the breathing sound and sound wave information to the monitoring host in real time; the medical staff can monitor the breathing condition of the patient in real time through the monitoring host, find out abnormal breathing of the patient in time and carry out treatment.

Various embodiments provide an endotracheal tube having a body comprising a flexible hollow tube with a distal end for insertion into a patient's trachea during intubation, and an opposite proximal end. Some embodiments comprise one or more internal projections, said internal projections projecting radially inwardly from an internal wall surface of a distal tip portion of the endotracheal tube, wherein the internal projections are tapered in at least one direction. Some embodiments comprise at least one internal projection projecting radially inwardly from an internal wall surface of a distal tip portion of the endotracheal tube, wherein the internal projection comprises a radiopaque portion. Some embodiments comprise an endotracheal tube body which comprises a polymeric material comprising a helically wound, meshed or braided reinforcement structure embedded therein, the helically wound, meshed or braided reinforcement structure being formed from one or more filaments, and wherein one or more properties of the reinforcement structure vary along the length of the endotracheal tube such that the bending flexibility and / or the mechanical strength of the endotracheal tube varies along the length of the endotracheal tube. Some embodiments comprise a pair of longitudinally spaced locally thinned circumferential wall portions provided at a distal end region of the endotracheal tube. Also described are intubation systems including such endotracheal tubes.

The utility model discloses a double-lumen bronchial catheter with an inner balloon on the side of an extension branch pipe, which comprises a first air guide pipeline, a second air guide pipeline and the extension branch pipe, and the tail ends of the first air guide pipeline and the second air guide pipeline as well as the middle section and the tail end of the extension branch pipe are fixedly provided with inflation plugging components. The utility model has the beneficial effects that the inflation plugging assembly comprises a first inflation balloon which is fixedly sleeved on the outer walls of the tail ends of the first air guide pipeline and the second air guide pipeline, a second inflation balloon which is fixedly sleeved on the outer wall of the middle section of the extension branch pipeline, and a third inflation balloon which is coaxially and fixedly sleeved on the inner wall of the tail end of the extension branch pipeline; therefore, gaps between the peripheries of the first air guide pipeline and the second air guide pipeline and the trachea wall of a patient can be sealed through the first inflation balloon, meanwhile, double plugging can be conducted on the bleeding side lung or the pneumothorax side lung through the second inflation balloon and the third inflation balloon, and the plugging stability of the bleeding side lung or the pneumothorax side lung is improved.

The invention provides a tracheal catheter fixing and patient falling prevention linkage nursing device. The device comprises a tracheal catheter fixing module, a falling prevention detection module, an alarm intervention module and an interaction management module. The tracheal catheter fixing module is used for ensuring that the tracheal catheter does not slip or shift in the body position change or nursing process of a patient; the anti-falling detection module is used for monitoring the body position change of a patient on the nursing bed in real time; the alarm intervention module is used for giving an alarm to medical staff when potential dangers are monitored; the interaction management module is used for optimizing a risk reminding strategy in combination with medical care feedback of the device in the use process; by means of the linkage mechanism of catheter fixing and body position monitoring, accurate recognition and intelligent early warning of tracheal catheter slipping and the risk that a patient falls off a bed are achieved, and the safety and the active intervention capacity of clinical nursing are remarkably improved.

Methods and devices for capturing and analyzing aerosolized particles in exhaled breath characteristic of a respiratory disease to enable rapid, low-cost point of care assays for several diseases including respiratory tract diseases such as COVID-19 are disclosed. The disclosed methods and systems selectively capture aerosolized particles using a packed bed column. The captured particles are then eluted using solvents and analyzed using analytical devices including MALDI-TOFMS.

The invention discloses a tracheal intubation path feature extraction method and device based on AI analysis, and relates to the technical field of intelligent medical robotics.The method comprises the steps that an optical flow method is used for preprocessing an input matrix, an epiglottis deformation displacement field is calculated, the epiglottis deformation displacement field is imported into ANSYSMechical for finite element analysis, and a three-dimensional tracheal path topological graph is obtained; carrying out fluid-solid mechanical joint simulation on the three-dimensional air pipe path topological graph by adopting a COMSOLMultiphysics multi-physics coupling solver, so as to obtain a lifting parameter; an impedance control instruction is generated according to the lifting parameters, and the cooperative mechanical arm is driven to execute the impedance control instruction; and on the basis of the multi-modal data of the laryngoscope after the impedance control instruction is executed, updating the material parameters of ANSYSMechical through a strategy gradient algorithm. According to the method, the problem that optimization of closed-loop feedback driving parameters is missing is solved through a target function gradient direction and step size zooming mechanism.

The application provides a neuro-morphic system for biological sensing and drug delivery of intubation medical equipment, which is mainly composed of a specific sensing module, a neuro-morphic analysis module and a signal post-processing unit. The specific sensing module comprises a thin film field effect transistor and an ion conductive polymer adaptive layer. The neuro-morphic sensitive array and the signal post-processing unit are used for recording and processing the signals monitored by the biochemical sensing module. The annular neuro-morphic system for biological sensing of intubation medical equipment in the application can capture local stress concentration caused by intubation micro-displacement and abnormal pressure between the intubation and the tissue. The influence of dynamic loads such as respiratory motion and blood flow pulsation on the intubation is analyzed, the occurrence of mechanical complications is reduced, and the sensitivity and specificity of abnormal early warning are significantly improved.

The utility model discloses a protective bib used after tracheostomy. The protective bib used after tracheostomy comprises a bib body, a scarf and a pocket, wherein the scarf and the pocket are connected with the bib body. A through hole for avoiding the trachea cannula is formed in the neckerchief; the pocket is provided with an opening; the bib bag is connected with the bib body through the rotary connecting device, so that an opening of the bib bag faces upwards. According to the tracheal cannula, the scarf can be fixed to the neck of the patient, the through hole in the scarf corresponds to the tracheal incision of the patient in position, interference between the scarf and the tracheal cannula is avoided, and the scarf can prevent sputum from infiltrating the skin and the tracheal cutting dressing. The bib body is located on the chest and the abdomen of a patient, liquid such as sputum and medicine is prevented from wetting or polluting clothes, the liquid flows into the bib bag along the surface of the bib body under the action of self weight to be collected, and environment pollution is avoided. When the patient moves or changes in the lying position, the pocket is rotated and the position of the pocket is adjusted, so that the opening of the pocket faces upwards, and the situation that the opening of the pocket faces downwards or the pocket inclines to spill liquid in the pocket is avoided.

The invention discloses a tracheal catheter special for upper gastrointestinal endoscopic surgery, which comprises an inner tube, an outer tube capable of sliding up and down with the inner tube is sleeved outside the inner tube, the top end of the outer tube is fixedly connected with the inner tube through a fixing knob, a respirator joint is arranged at the top end of the inner tube, an inner tube water bag is arranged at the bottom of the inner tube, and an outer tube water bag is arranged at the bottom of the inner tube. An inner tube suction hole is formed in one side of the inner tube water bag, and a Murphy hole is formed in the position, located below the inner tube water bag, of the bottom of the inner tube. The problems that in an upper gastrointestinal endoscopic surgery in the prior art, the exposed part of the tracheal catheter affects surgical operation, the cuff of the tracheal catheter compresses a surgical site or affects taking out of a specimen, the tracheal catheter rubs with an endoscope and is prone to disengagement to damage tracheal mucosa, and blood and secretions in the trachea are not sucked thoroughly are solved.

The invention relates to a device (100) for laryngectomised persons, comprising a respiratory prosthesis (120) comprising an adapted tube (122) for connecting to a new incision that is made in the neck and extends to the pharynx at the base of the tongue, and comprising at least one biocompatible membrane (124) for filtering liquids and solids and preventing them from passing through the tube (122), wherein a coupler (126) for coupling to the new incision is connected internally to the distal end of the tube (122) and externally to at least one pipe (130a, 130b) for exterior communication with a tracheostoma coupler (110), which comprises a sealingly and detachably accommodated HME filter (112), such that the new-incision coupler (126) is connected to the tracheostoma coupler (110).

The invention belongs to the technical field of positive pressure ventilation, and particularly relates to an airway respiration supporting positive pressure ventilation device which comprises an assembly frame, a humidifier is installed above the assembly frame, an oxygen input port is installed above the humidifier, an atomization inhalation connecting port is formed in the front end face of the humidifier, and an air inlet is formed in the front end face of the atomization inhalation connecting port. An oxygen output port is formed in the front end face of the humidifier and located on one side of the aerosol inhalation connecting port, and the oxygen input port, the aerosol inhalation connecting port and the oxygen output port are all connected with guide pipes. During working, the conduits at different positions are installed in the oxygen input port, the aerosol inhalation connecting port and the oxygen output port respectively, the mask connected with the conduits is placed on the face of a patient, and then continuous positive pressure airflow generated by an external host enters the humidifier through the oxygen input port; the oxygen is discharged into the mask from the oxygen output port of the humidifier and the catheter and enters the airway of the patient, the airway can be expanded from the outside, and it is guaranteed that air can enter the mask smoothly.

The invention relates to the field of medical equipment, in particular to a visual double-cavity laryngoscope and thyrocricocentesis integrated device for difficult airways, which comprises a double-cavity laryngoscope main body and a thyrocricocentesis device, the outer surface of the double-cavity laryngoscope main body is fixedly connected with a connecting plate, the other surface of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with a hemispherical shell, and the hemispherical shell is fixedly connected with the double-cavity laryngoscope main body. The integrated structural design is adopted, the core functions of a visual double-cavity laryngoscope and a cricothyroid membrane puncture instrument are organically integrated, the current situation that the two traditional instruments are independently used and need to be frequently switched is thoroughly changed, an operator can sequentially complete glottis exposure and tracheal intubation operation on the same device, and if intubation fails or a patient suffers from emergency oxygen deficit, the visual double-cavity laryngoscope and the cricothyroid membrane puncture instrument can be directly used. The cricothyroid membrane puncture device which is assembled in place can be directly used for implementing puncture without additionally replacing instruments, so that the operation continuity is greatly improved, the key time for establishing an airway is effectively shortened, and the oxygen deficit risk of a patient caused by instrument switching is fundamentally reduced.

This invention relates to the field of neonatal care technology, and more particularly to a neonatal endotracheal tube fixation device, comprising a base, two head limiting plates slidably fitted on the base, a retraction mechanism rotatably connected inside the base, an adjusting seat rotatably connected to the retraction mechanism, a top frame rotatably connected to the adjusting seat, an adjusting plate below the top frame, a buffer plate fixedly connected to one end of the adjusting plate, and an endotracheal tube fixation mechanism on one side of the buffer plate. By using a base with a mattress pressure plate, the mattress is used to fix the mattress pressure plate, so that when fixing the neonatal endotracheal tube, the endotracheal tube fixation mechanism is suspended above the neonatal head without contacting the neonatal head for fixation. This avoids the pressure problems caused by neck straps or head fixation, not only improving care efficiency but also ensuring the safety and comfort of the newborn, and contributing to the healthy development of the newborn.

An intubation assembly operable as both a tracheal tube and a suction catheter. The intubation assembly may include an adapter operable to couple to a suction hose, and the adapter may be removably coupled to the tracheal tube.

An endotracheal lung suction system includes an endotracheal tube defining a tube lumen, a suction assembly, and an inner suction catheter. The endotracheal tube comprises an inflation connector and an implantation balloon adjacent the distal tube end and fluidically connected to the inflation connection and through which the balloon inflates. The suction assembly comprises a proximal valve and a distal endotracheal tube connector fluidically connected to an interior of the tube lumen. The inner suction catheter passes through and slides within the suction assembly, the endotracheal tube connector, and through the tube lumen to extend slidably out from and back into the distal tube end. The inner suction catheter comprises a distal, inflatable, hollow, inner-suction- catheter securing device and a catheter body defining a main lumen extending through the inner suction catheter and a catheter-securing inflation lumen extending through the inner suction catheter parallel to the main lumen.

A protective mask suited for quick regulatory approval and mass production to provide protective use of a wearer includes a mask body having a major portion forming at least one breathing opening configured for holding a filter. The mask body forms a cover contoured to cover, except for the at least one breathing opening, the wearer's mouth and nose when the mask is worn. The mask body further has a flange, wherein a length of the flange extends along a major portion of an edge of the mask body major portion, the flange being configured for pressing against the wearer's face when the mask is worn. The mask body is a material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene terephthalate glycol, and poly methyl methacrylate, and combinations thereof.

A system for measuring cardiovascular data includes an elongate member having a channel, a first expandable member carried by the elongate member and movable between a collapsed state and an expanded state by adjustment initiated externally of a subject, a first sensor disposed on a surface of the elongate member, second and third sensors disposed on a surface of the first expandable, a first optical sensor located at a first location in relation to the distal end of the elongate member and configured for obtaining photoplethysmographic data, and wherein the first expandable member in its expanded state is configured to interface with the subject's larynx for delivery of at least oxygen gas into the respiratory system of the subject, and the second and third sensors are configured to contact tissue in proximity to the larynx when the first expandable member is in its expanded state.

The invention relates to a tracheal cannula at least comprising a cannula tube and a cannula shield. The cannula tube comprises a distal end portion to which the cannula shield is assigned, and a tracheal end portion which can be arranged in a trachea. The cannula tube has a cannula lumen, which is continuous from a distal end to a tracheal end and has a constant internal diameter. A wall at least of the tracheal end portion has a first wall thickness, which is contiguous with the distal end portion, and a second wall thickness at the tracheal end, wherein the first wall thickness is greater than the second wall thickness. The wall thickness of the tracheal end portion continuously reduces towards the tracheal end.

The utility model relates to the field of pipe plugging devices, in particular to a pipe plugging device of a metal trachea cannula, which comprises a metal trachea cannula body. The pipe blocking mechanism comprises a cylinder, a sealing mounting mechanism is arranged on the cylinder, the cylinder is mounted on the metal tracheal cannula body through the sealing mounting mechanism, a first semicircular plate is fixedly connected into the cylinder, an incomplete circular ring sliding groove is formed in the middle of the cylinder, and a second semicircular plate is fixedly connected into the incomplete circular ring sliding groove. And a blocking plate is rotationally connected to the incomplete annular sliding groove in a limiting mode, the blocking plate is matched with the first semicircular plate to completely block the cylinder, and when the blocking plate rotates, one side of the first semicircular plate is exposed, so that the cylinder is in a semi-blocked state. The arranged device can be conveniently and stably installed on the metal trachea cannula body in a sealed mode; the plugging mechanism can fully plug the metal trachea cannula and can also be adjusted to be a semi-plugging metal trachea cannula.

The utility model relates to the technical field of medical instruments, and discloses an oxygen inhalation tube fixing mechanism for trachea surgery, which comprises a main body component, a fixing component and a fixing component, the main body component comprises a throat inlet tube and an oxygen supply tube, the oxygen supply tube is arranged at one end of the throat inlet tube, one end of the throat inlet tube is inserted into the trachea of a patient, and the other end of the oxygen supply tube is connected with oxygen supply equipment; the device is arranged on one side of the throat inlet pipe and comprises a clamping piece, the clamping piece comprises a cross-under ring, and two attaching blades are fixed to one side of the cross-under ring. By arranging the fixing assembly and using clamping and threaded connection modes, pressure cannot be caused to a laryngeal fistulization opening of a patient, unnecessary damage to the neck of the patient due to pressing and inserting errors between the throat inlet pipe and the oxygen supply pipe is avoided, and pain and discomfort of the patient are relieved.