Patent ID: 6769430
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A medical device having an adaptor for connecting a closed suction catheter assembly having an aspirating catheter to a heat and moisture exchanger having an aperture formed therethrough, the medical device comprising:a heat and moisture exchanger having an aperture formed therethrough; a closed suction catheter assembly having an aspirating catheter, the aspirating catheter of the closed suction catheter assembly is movable through the aperture of the heat and moisture exchanger; and an adaptor having a first end adapted to be in communication with a distal end of the closed suction catheter assembly having an aspirating catheter, the adaptor having a second end adapted to releasably engage the heat and moisture exchanger having an aperture formed therethrough, the adaptor defining a channel formed through the adaptor so that the aspirating catheter of the closed suction catheter assembly is movable through the adaptor and through the aperture of the heat and moisture exchanger; wherein at least a portion of the second end is adapted to be moved outwardly from the heat and moisture exchanger in order to effect disengagement of the second end.