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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
Clearflow, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Edward M. Boyle, Bend, OR (US);
Nathan J. Dale, Bothell, WA (US);
Paul C. Leonard, Woodinville, WA (US);
Alan Marc Gillinov, Orange Village, OH (US);
Sam Kiderman, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
William E. Cohn, Bellaire, TX (US);
CLEARFLOW, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A device for clearing obstructions from a medical tube, such as a chest tube, is disclosed in various embodiments. The device features a clearance member in the form of a loop. The loop desirably has a diameter that substantially corresponds to the inner diameter of the medical tube. Also desirably, the loop presents a substantially unobstructed pathway therethrough for the flow of material from a location in the medical tube distal to the loop to a location in the medical tube proximal to the loop regardless whether the clearance member is being translated or is at rest in the medical tube. Methods of utilizing such a device are also disclosed.