Patent ID: 9004069
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of intubating a subject having an airway with vocal cords, the airway ending with lungs, comprising: inserting an endotracheal tube into the airway; inflating a cuff associated with said endotracheal tube within the airway below the vocal cords; measuring a level of at least one measure being indicative of the presence of leakage of secretions past said cuff to the lungs; and while monitoring inflation pressure of said cuff, adjusting inflation of said cuff responsively to said level of said at least one measure such as to reduce or prevent leakage of secretions from above said cuff to the lungs, wherein if said inflation pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold, then determining that said endotracheal tube is distally or proximally malpositioned.