Patent ID: 6481436
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An obturator for a curved medical tube, the obturator comprising: a patient end shaped with a tapered nose arranged to protrude from a patient end of said tube; a machine end adapted to fasten with a machine end of said tube; said machine end of said obturator being releasable from engagement with said machine end of said tube by twisting relative to said tube; and a strap member extending between said patient end and said machine end of said obturator, wherein said strap member comprises a first region and a second region, said first region extending from said patient end along a major part of the length of the strap member and being substantially rigid, and said second region being adjacent said machine end and being more flexible than said first region to permit twisting of the machine end of said obturator.