Patent ID: 6668825
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An improved ventilation tube connection system, comprising:a. a modified endotracheal tube with an endotracheal main tube and an end adapter attached to said endotracheal main tube; b. a hollow elbow connector including a rotating leg member and an L-shaped fixed leg member, said fixed leg member including a short leg section and a perpendicularly aligned long leg section, said rotating leg member being coupled to and allowed to freely rotate around said short leg section, said rotating leg member slidingly received into said end adapter on said modified endotracheal tube; c. means to selectively secure said end adapter and said rotating leg member together; d. a hollow modified ventilation tube including a rotating coupler adjustably connected to a main body, said main body being selectively connected to a ventilator, said rotating coupler able to slidingly receive said fixed leg member; and, e. means to selectively secure said rotating coupler to said long leg section on said fixed leg member together.