Patent ID: 6840238
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An assembly for fixing a tube to a patient's mouth for medical purposes, the assembly comprising tube clamping means for detachably clamping the tube with the tube fixed to the patient's head, the tube clamping means comprising wherein said first positioning means has a top portion that extends above a top portion of the first and second tube clamping members and a bottom portion that extends below a bottom portion of the first and second tube clamping members, said first tube clamping member being fixedly disposed with respect to the first positioning means and having a concave bearing surface which curves toward the top portion of the first positioning means, and wherein the second tube clamping member is moveable between a closed clamping position, in which the tube is kept clamped between the first and second tube clamping members with the first tube clamping member extending under the tube, and an open position, in which the tube clamping means can freely receive the tube and the tube can find support on the concave bearing surface of the first tube clamping member, without movement of the first tube clamping member relative to the first positioning means, the assembly further comprising securing means for detachably securing the assembly around the patient's head, said securing means comprising second positioning means for connecting the securing means to the first positioning means to facilitate positioning of the tube clamping means.