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US 12,257,387 · App. 16/156,322 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Medical devices for airway management and methods of placement

Inventor: Robert Molnar (Long Grove, IL)
Assignee: WM & DG, INC.
A61M16/0488A61B1/00016A61B1/00045A61B1/00154A61B1/051A61B1/267A61B7/023A61M16/0429A61M16/0434A61M16/0816A61M25/0668A61M2205/3368
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Patent No.
US 12,257,387
App. No.
16/156,322
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure relates to various aspects of an adaptor for converting a medical device, including an endotracheal tube and/or a bougie, into a device compatible with a camera. In some embodiments, the adaptor comprising a first hollow tube with a distal end opening and a proximal end opening, the first hollow tube having a diameter compatible for insertion of the medical device into the first hollow tube, wherein the adaptor further comprises a camera sealed or attached slidably along the first hollow tube and/or the adaptor comprises a second hollow tube attached along the length of the first hollow tube, the second hollow tube being capable of receiving a camera and/or a medical tool, and wherein the second hollow tube is not sealed at the distal end.

Claims (5)

1. An adaptor for use with a medical device, the adaptor consisting of:

a hollow tube with a distal end opening and a proximal end opening, the hollow tube having a diameter compatible for insertion of the medical device into the hollow tube, wherein the medical device is an endotracheal tube with a proximal end and a distal end or a bougie; and

a camera attached to the hollow tube externally, the camera being in proximity to the distal end of the hollow tube, the camera having a cable; and

wherein the adaptor is sized for rotating around the endotracheal tube and sliding along the distal-proximal axis of the endotracheal tube when the adaptor is in use in a patient.

2. The adaptor of claim 1 , wherein the hollow tube has a slit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2018
From: MOLNAR, ROBERT
To: WM & DG, INC.
Reel/Frame 047123/0615 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200114105A1 · Apr 16, 2020
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