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Endotracheal tube with oximetry means
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-07-20
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Granted: 1991-04-09
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Expires: 2010-07-20
Abstract
Abstract An endotracheal breathing tube for use in surgical operations is equipped with a light emitting device adjacent its distal end to reside within the patient's trachea during use and with a compatible photosensitive detector positionable outside the patient's body in contact with the neck to intercept light transmitted from the light emitting device for performing accurate oximetry measurements and calculations of the patients's arterial blood oxygen saturation. In one embodiment, a light emitting diode is affixed to the distal portion of the tube body. In another embodiment, an optical fiber extends from a light emitting diode outside the patient's body through the tube to a fiber terminus at the distal location on the tube body.
Inventors
- 👤 Dale C. Buchanan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:15
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B5/00; A61B5/145; A61B5/1455; A61B5/1459; A61M; A61M16/00; A61M16/04; A61M2230/00; A61M2230/20; A61M2230/205
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
In an endotracheal tube for insertion within a surgical patient's trachea for assisting breathing during surgical and like procedures, the improvement comprising means for transmitting light outwardly from a predetermined location on said tube which resides within the patient's trachea during use, means for detecting light transmitted by said transmitting means, said detecting means being manipulable outside the patient's body for selective positioning on the patient's neck in disposition for receiving light transmitted by said transmitting means, and means for operatively connecting said transmitting means and said detecting means with an oximeter for measuring oxygen saturation in the patient's arterial blood as a function of the transmitted light received by said detecting means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
In an endotracheal tube for insertion within a surgical patient's trachea for assisting breathing during surgical and like procedures, the improvement comprising means for transmitting light outwardly from a predetermined location on said tube which resides within the patient's trachea during use, means for detecting light transmitted by said transmitting means, said detecting means being manipulable outside the patient's body for selective positioning on the patient's neck in disposition for receiving light transmitted by said transmitting means, and means for operatively connecting said transmitting means and said detecting means with an oximeter for measuring oxygen saturation in the patient's arterial blood as a function of the transmitted light received by said detecting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The improved endotracheal tube of claim 1 and characterized further in that said transmitting means comprises a light emitting device affixed to said tube at said predetermined location.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
The improved endotracheal tube of claim 2 and characterized further in that said oximeter connecting means comprises electrical wiring means extending along said tube from another predetermined location on said tube which resides outside the patient's body during use to said first-mentioned predetermined location and operatively connected thereat to said light emitting device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improved endotracheal tube of claim 3 and characterized further in that said light emitting device comprises a light emitting diode.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The improved endotracheal tube of claim 1 and characterized further in that said detecting means comprises a photosensitive device detached from and manipulable independently of said tube and said oximeter connecting means comprises electrical wiring means operatively connected to said photosensitive device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
66 words
The improved endotracheal tube of claim 1 and characterized further in that said transmitting means comprises an optical fiber having a light emitting terminus at said predetermined location and extending therefrom to another predetermined location on said tube which resides outside the patient's body during use, and a light emitting device operatively connected to said optical fiber for directing light to travel along said optical fiber.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improved endotracheal tube of claim 6 and characterized further in that said light emitting device comprises a light emitting diode.
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