Patent ID: 9526856
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A positioning handle assembly, comprising: an elongate shaft which presents a profile for per-oral insertion into a trachea of a subject; a distal stop attached to a distal end of the shaft, where the distal stop extends at least partially from a surface of the shaft and presents a stopping surface which is sized to prevent passage of the distal stop through vocal cords or laryngeal inlet of the subject; and, a cuff engagement member which extends distally from the distal stop at a distance and forms an edge for engagement with a cuff assembly, where the distal stop is partially circumferential extending from the surface of the shaft and wherein the cuff engagement member forms a partial tubular member such that the distal stop and cuff engagement member define an opening sized to receive an endotracheal tube therealong such that disengagement of the distal stop from the endotracheal tube allows for disengagement of the elongate shaft from the endotracheal tube via the opening, and where the distance is sized such that the cuff engagement member extends past the vocal cords when the distal stop contacts the vocal cords or laryngeal inlet.