Patent ID: 6923184

Claim:
A suction catheter system for suctioning secretions from a patient comprising; a connector having an inner air passage with frontal and rearward ends and the connector configured for delivery of ventilator air to and from a patient, a catheter isolator seal disposed at the rearward end of the connector inner air passage, a catheter cleaning chamber including a catheter cleaning flush port located in front of the catheter isolator seal, the isolator seal normally biased to a closed position; a suction catheter assembly associated with both the catheter isolator seal and the catheter cleaning chamber, a catheter assembly having a catheter with a distal tip and a proximal end, said catheter advanceable and retractable through the catheter isolator seal, the catheter isolator seal operable to an open position solely by direct contact and manual advancement of the distal tip of the catheter with the isolator seal.