Patent ID: 8025059

Claim:
Device for ventilation comprising a double lumen endotracheal tube with an inspiratory lumen and an expiratory lumen and with a connecting piece at the end distal to the patient, both lumina of the endotracheal tube extending into the connecting piece and separated within it by an axial partition wall, an independent connector with separate inspiratory and expiratory tube nozzles extending from a first end of the connector and that intersect within the connector to form inspiratory and expiratory chambers that remain separated from each other by a connector partition wall that extends from within the connector to an opening at the opposing end of the connector, said opening being connectable to the connecting piece of the double lumen endotracheal tube such that the partition wall of the endotracheal tube and the connector partition wall join to form a seal, and a ventilator that is suitably connected to one or both of the inspiratory and expiratory tube nozzles at the first end of the connector, wherein the connector features a shutter bridging the two sides of the connector partition wall, or in which the connecting piece of the endotracheal tube features a shutter bridging the two sides of the axial partition wall.