Patent ID: 9345435
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. An article of medical use being an esophageal introducer to facilitate the passage of medical instruments form the mouth into the esophagus that comprises: (a) an elongated, fully collapsible within the anatomical boundaries of use introducer tube made with means for structural consistency along a bottom of said introducer tube, said introducer tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between; said introducer tube having a predetermined internal diameter large enough to allow medical instruments to pass unobstructed through a length thereof, said length enough to traverse the distance from the mouth incisors line to the esophageal opening; (b) a bite block attached to the proximal end of said fully collapsible introducer tube; and (c) a distal extension of the introducer tube having a flat, tapered shape of a predetermined length that is a continuation of said bottom of the introducer tube with means for structural consistency.