Patent ID: 7581541

Claim:
A tracheal tube comprising: a tube having a first wall and a second wall concentric to the first wall, a first surface of the first wall surrounding and defining a ventilation lumen, the first wall being attached at a second surface to a first surface of the second wall at a plurality of partitions having surfaces, a plurality of suction lumens being defined by the second surface of the first wall, the first surface of the second wall, and the surfaces of adjacent partitions, a plurality of suction ports, each corresponding to a suction lumen and formed through a portion of the second wall; a suction port collar having an inlet and an outlet, the suction port collar surrounding the tube and overlapping the suction ports, the suction port collar being selectively positionable so as to enable fluid communication between the inlet and at least one suction port while occluding any remaining suction port, the outlet adapted to connect to a suction source; an inflatable cuff sealed to and surrounding the tube at a distal end adapted to seal the trachea of a patient, each suction lumen comprising an inlet port proximal to the inflatable cuff and terminating at the suction ports.