Patent ID: 8480722

Claim:
A device for delivering light and other radiation through an endotracheal tube within a patient for medical treatment, and for suppressing infectious vectors, the patient having an endotracheal tube placed therein in preparation for treatment, comprising: an endotracheal tube, said endotracheal tube having an inner end and an outer end; a flexible cylindrical tube formed as an inner cannula and having inner and outer walls, said cylindrical tube having ends, one end of the cylindrical tube provided for locating within the endotracheal tube and in proximity with its inner inserted end, the opposite end of the cylindrical tube locating near the outer end of the endotracheal tube, said cylindrical tube capable of being inserted or removed from the endotracheal tube, during its usage, at least one lumen, said lumen having opposite ends, said lumen being embedded within the cylindrical tube, one end of said lumen locating proximate the inner end of the cylindrical tube, and the opposite end of said lumen extending from the cylindrical tube and approximate end of the endotracheal tube for connection with at least one radiation delivery unit for delivering light to said fiber optic for releasing light energy through the cylindrical tube; a second energy transmitting line provided within the wall of the cylindrical tube an extending from exterior of the endotracheal tube to the inserted end of the cylindrical tube, at least LED to provide for further transmission of light from the inner inserted end of the endotracheal tube during treatment of a patient; said fiber optic line delivering light radiation interiorly of the patient during treatment, and said light emitting diode emitting one of visible light, inferred light, and ultraviolet light into the patient during treatment; wherein said cylindrical tube and its embedded fiber optic line and energy transmission line are readily removable from the endotracheal tube and the patient to facilitate cleaning, replacement, or disposal; said endotracheal tube adapted to provide suction of liquid and semi-liquid material through the located cylindrical tube during application to suck liquid and semi-liquid material from the mouth, throat, larynx and trachea of the patient; and said cylindrical tube adapted to attach within the endotracheal tube for their combined insertion into a patient during usage, and wherein said cylindrical tube allows for the injection or delivery of materials into the mouth, throat, larynx and trachea of the patient during usage, and wherein said cylindrical tube allows placement of any diagnostic mechanism or therapeutic mechanism, other energy source, optical device, surgical instrument, or other monitoring means into the mouth, throat, larynx or trachea of a patient; and wherein said flexible cylindrical tube removably located within the endotracheal tube providing for energization of the radiation delivery units for inspection and treatment of a patient during usage.