Patent ID: 6062223
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
A tracheal tube device for insertion into a patient's trachea, the device comprising:a main tube having a distal end and encompassed towards said distal end by a first bag;an inflation line extending to the interior of said first bag by which the first bag can be inflated to seal with such a patient's trachea around said main tube; anda second bag, slidable along the main tube after the main tube and the first bag have been inserted into such a patient's trachea, said second bag encompassing said main tube when in use;the device including a second inflation line by which the second bag can be inflated separately from the first bag to seal with said patient's trachea around said main tube at the same time that said first bag seals with such a patient's trachea around said main tube;the second bag being dimensioned and arranged in use to occupy, when inflated, substantially the entire space around the outside of the main tube from the first bag when inflated to at least such a patient's vocal chords;and the device including a suction line which extends from a proximal end of the device and opens on the main tube at a location between the first and second bags.