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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Clearflow, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Kathryn Bernadine O'Keefe, Bend, OR (US);
Stephen Riddle McDaniel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward M. Boyle, Jr., Bend, OR (US);
Kenneth Allan Beres, Studio City, CA (US);
Kenneth J. Chesnin, Long Beach, CA (US);
CLEARFLOW, INC., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for clearing obstructions from a medical tube, such as a chest tube, is disclosed in various embodiments. In embodiments, the device features a clearance member that is formed to match a cross-section of a medical tube. Still further, the clearance member can have a plurality of branches, each branch configured to clear a respective lumen in a partitioned region of a medical tube. In this manner, the clearance member may clear obstructions from individual lumens of the partitioned region of the medical tube. Device for actuating a clearance member to clear obstructions within a medical tube are also disclosed. Methods of clearing a medical tube of obstructions are also disclosed.