Patent ID: 9119927
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an intubation device that includes a flexible tube that surrounds a lumen that extends through the intubation device, wherein the tube has a proximal end and a distal end and a plurality of spaced-apart flexible resilient annular blaines located between the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the plurality of blaines and the tube are formed as a single monolithic piece of a single material that extends radially from the lumen of the tube to an outer circumference of each of the plurality of blaines, wherein each of the plurality of blaines is radially tapered from a first thickness at an inner radius to a second thickness at an outer radius, wherein the second thickness is thinner than the first thickness, and wherein the distal end is configured to be inserted into a body passage in a body of a patient and the proximal end is configured to be outside the patient's body and attached to a medical device.