Patent ID: 9327091
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M

Claim Text:
1. A tracheal tube system comprising: a first tube that is flexible and hollow and having a first open end and a second open end; an inflatable balloon affixed to and circumferentially surrounding a portion of the first tube, the inflatable balloon being positioned between the first open end and the second open end of the first tube and including an indentation sized and positioned on an inflatable exterior surface of the inflatable balloon proximate to the first end of the first tube so as to accommodate a portion of a second tube positioned therein when the inflatable balloon is inflated; and the second tube positioned within the indentation, the second tube being hollow and having a multiplicity of holes along a sidewall not in contact with the inflatable balloon, wherein the second tube is configured to be coupled to a suction device that creates a negative pressure in the second tube.