Assertion: endotracheal tube | /r/HasAspect | mean
Facets:
value: for suction
type: PURPOSE
value: for irrigating and/or
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In particular, the present invention relates to an endotracheal tube having means for irrigating and/or evacuating contaminated secretions accumulating above the tracheal tube cuff and thereby reducing the risk of such contaminated secretions entering the lungs of the patient.
text: It is one object of the present invention to provide an endotracheal tube having means for evacuation or suction of infectious secretions that may have pooled above the inflatable cuff of the endotracheal tube when the endotracheal tube is in place within a patient's trachea.