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Patent Application
App. No. 12/772,807

COUPLING ARRANGEMENT

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12/772,807
Abstract

The present invention relates to a coupling arrangement for a system for endotracheal ventilation of a patient, which system comprises an endotracheal tube and a manifold ( 100 ) configured for allowing ventilation of the patient via said endotracheal tube, which manifold ( 100 ) has a first coupling means ( 300 ) with an axial extent ( 400 ) and with engagement means ( 330 ); and which endotracheal tube has a second coupling means ( 400 ) with an axial extent and with engagement means ( 420 ); wherein the coupling arrangement is configured to produce, when the first ( 300 ) and the second ( 400 ) coupling means are moved together in the axial 360 direction, a locking engagement between the engagement means ( 33, 420 ). The invention is characterised in that the first coupling means ( 300 ), in the axial direction, comprises an exterior screw thread ( 320 ); and that the second coupling means ( 400 ) comprises an exterior abutment face ( 430 ); that the coupling arrangement also comprises a disengagement means ( 350 ) configured for cooperating with said screw thread ( 320 ); and that the disengagement means ( 350 ) and the screw thread ( 320 ) are configured for allowing an axial movement of the disengagement means ( 350 ) from a first position, in which said engagement means ( 330, 420 ) are in locking engagement, to a second position in which the disengagement means ( 350 ) can influence the abutment face ( 430 ) by an axial force for releasing the locking engagement.

Claims (34)

1 - 5 . (canceled)

6 . A coupling arrangement for a system for endotracheal ventilation of a patient, which system comprises an endotracheal tube and a manifold ( 100 ) configured for allowing ventilation of the patient via said endotracheal tube,

which manifold ( 100 ) has a first coupling means ( 300 ) with an axial extent and with engagement means ( 330 ); and

which endotracheal tube has a second coupling means ( 400 ) with an axial extent and with engagement means ( 420 );

wherein the coupling arrangement is configured to produce, when the first ( 300 ) and the second ( 400 ) coupling means are moved together in the axial direction, a locking engagement between the engagement means ( 330 , 420 ),

characterised in

that the first coupling means ( 300 ), in the axial direction (A), comprises an exterior screw thread ( 320 ); and

that the second coupling means ( 400 ) comprises an exterior abutment face ( 430 );

that the coupling arrangement also comprises a disengagement means ( 350 ) configured for cooperating with said screw thread ( 320 ); and

that the disengagement means ( 350 ) and the screw thread ( 320 ) are configured for allowing an .axial movement of the disengagement means ( 350 ) from a first position, in which said engagement means ( 330 , 420 ) are in locking engagement, to a second position in which the disengagement means ( 350 ) can influence the abutment face ( 430 ) by an axial force for releasing the locking engagement, and

that the first coupling means ( 300 ) are released from the second coupling means ( 400 ) together with the disengagement means ( 350 ).

7 . A coupling arrangement for a system for endotracheal ventilation of a patient, which system comprises an endotracheal tube and a manifold ( 100 ) configured for allowing ventilation of the patient via said endotracheal tube,

which manifold ( 100 ) has a first coupling means ( 300 ) with an axial extent and having engagement means ( 330 ); and

which endotracheal tube has a second coupling means ( 400 ) with an axial extent and engagement means ( 420 );

wherein the coupling arrangement is configured for generating, when the first ( 300 ) and the second ( 400 ) coupling means are moved together in the axial direction, a locking engagement between the engagement means ( 330 , 420 ),

characterised in

that the first coupling means ( 300 ) comprises an external abutment face ( 430 ), and that the second coupling means ( 400 ) comprises, in the axial direction (A), an external screw thread ( 320 );

that the coupling arrangement also comprises a disengagement means ( 350 ) configured for cooperating with said screw thread ( 320 ); and

that the disengagement means ( 350 ) and the screw thread ( 320 ) are configured for allowing an axial movement of the disengagement means ( 350 ) from a first position in which said engagement means ( 330 , 420 ) are in locking engagement to a second position in which the disengagement means ( 350 ) can influence the abutment face ( 430 ) by an axial force for releasing the locking engagement, and

that the second coupling means ( 400 ) are released from the first coupling means ( 300 ) together with the disengagement means ( 350 ).

wherein the coupling arrangement is configured for generating, when the first ( 300 ) and the second ( 400 ) coupling means are moved together in the axial direction, a locking engagement between the engagement means ( 330 , 420 ),

characterised in

that the first coupling means ( 300 ) comprises an external abutment face ( 430 ), and that the second coupling means ( 400 ) comprises, in the axial direction (A), an external screw thread ( 320 );

that the coupling arrangement also comprises a disengagement means ( 350 ) configured for cooperating with said screw thread ( 320 ); and

- that the disengagement means ( 350 ) and the screw thread ( 320 ) are configured for allowing an axial movement of the disengagement means ( 350 ) from a first position in which said engagement means ( 330 , 420 ) are in locking engagement to a second position in which the disengagement means ( 350 ) can influence the abutment face ( 430 ) by an axial force for releasing the locking engagement.

8 . A coupling arrangement according to claim 1 or 2 , characterised in

that the first coupling means ( 300 ) is configured as a male coupling means;

that the second coupling means ( 400 ) is configured as a female coupling means.

9 . A coupling arrangement according to claim ‘f or 2 , characterised in

that the first coupling means ( 300 ) is configured as a female coupling means ( 330 ); and

that the second coupling means ( 400 ) is configured as a male coupling means ( 420 ).

10 . A coupling arrangement according to any one of the preceding claim 3 or 4 , characterised in

that the male coupling means is configured with a frusto-conical surface ( 420 ); and

that the female coupling means is configured with a surface ( 330 ) that is complementary to said frusto-conical surface.