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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10743817 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2017

Endotracheal tube apparatus

Applicant:

Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);

Inventors:

David C. Hacker, Jacksonville, FL (US);

Maria Charles Vijay Stanislaus, Irvine, CA (US);

Wenjeng Li, Saint Johns, FL (US);

Dwayne S. Yamasaki, St. Augustine, FL (US);

William C. Brunnett, Mission Viejo, CA (US);

Kevin L. McFarlin, St. Johns, FL (US);

James Britton Hissong, Jacksonville, FL (US);

Robert K. Vaccaro, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);

John M. Murphy, Jacksonville, FL (US);

Carla A. Pagotto, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);

Tino Schuler, Jacksonville, FL (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic Xomed, Inc., Jacksonville, FL (US);

Attorney:

Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Max F Hindenburg

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 5/0488 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/0492 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/07 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/042 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/015 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61M 16/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6853 (2013.01); A61B 1/00082 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/07 (2013.01); A61B 1/267 (2013.01); A61B 1/2673 (2013.01); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/04012 (2013.01); A61B 5/0488 (2013.01); A61B 5/0492 (2013.01); A61B 5/04886 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 5/07 (2013.01); A61B 5/11 (2013.01); A61M 16/04 (2013.01); A61M 16/0434 (2013.01); A61M 16/0443 (2014.02); A61M 16/0445 (2014.02); A61M 16/0459 (2014.02); A61M 16/0463 (2013.01); A61M 16/0488 (2013.01); A61N 1/0517 (2013.01); A61N 1/0519 (2013.01); A61B 1/005 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 5/0421 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0209 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0215 (2017.08); A61B 2562/0217 (2017.08); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0261 (2013.01); A61B 2562/046 (2013.01); A61M 16/0411 (2014.02); A61M 16/0825 (2014.02); A61M 2205/0233 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0294 (2013.01); A61M 2205/332 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3546 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3569 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6054 (2013.01); A61M 2210/065 (2013.01); A61M 2230/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for monitoring EMG signals of a patient's laryngeal muscles includes an endotracheal tube having an exterior surface. Conductive electrodes are formed on the endotracheal tube. The conductive electrodes are configured to receive the EMG signals from the laryngeal muscles when the endotracheal tube is placed in a trachea of the patient. At least wireless sensor is formed on the endotracheal tube, and is configured to wirelessly transmit information to a processing apparatus.

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