Patent ID: 11918740
Assignee: HOSPITECH RESPIRATION LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system for controlling and monitoring flow in a cuffed endotracheal tube device, comprising:
a connector panel having at least three connectors adapted for establishing fluid communication with proximal ends of at least a first fluid line, a second fluid line and a cuff inflation line of a cuffed endotracheal tube device;
a processing unit configured to instruct a control unit to execute operations including at least a rinsing procedure, a suctioning procedure, a cuff inflation procedure, a leak detection procedure and a venting procedure;
wherein said control unit comprises a cuff inflation and deflation module configured to measure a cuff pressure within said cuff inflation line, to identify cuff pressure variations, and to control said pressure responsively to said identified variations in closed loop control, wherein when amplitude of said variation is above a predetermined pressure threshold for a time period which is above a predetermined time threshold, said control unit instructs said cuff inflation and deflation module to reduce said cuff pressure;
wherein said control unit is configured to temporarily cease said closed loop control when said cuff pressure variations are above a predetermined threshold.