Patent ID: 6978784
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An endotracheal tube introducer (“introducer”) for slidably removable disposition within an endotracheal tube (“ETT”), said introducer comprising a tube having a wall defining a lumen extending between a split proximal end and a distal end of said introducer; said wall having an outer diameter that is less than an inner diameter of said ETT and having a shroud invertibly attached to a ring circumscribing said introducer; said ring forming a circumferential pivot for distal-ward (“forward”) flexion and proximal-ward (“rearward”) flexion of said shroud with respect to said ring; and, wherein said shroud has a substantially frusto-conical shape extending from a circle in a first plane that is coincident with said ring and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said introducer, to a closed conic section in a second plane, said closed conic section being generally coaxial with and unattached to said introducer.