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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 1988
Filed:
May. 26, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth S White, Wilmington, NC (US);
George G Siposs, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Assignee:
American Omni Medical, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820718 ; 12820715 ; 12820716 ; 623-9 ;
Abstract
Into patients intubated with an endotracheal tube for patient ventilation, a sound tube is inserted into the hypopharynx. A valve between the endotracheal tube and the ventilator can be manually actuated so that the patient's exhaled breath passes through a buzzer in the sound tube. The sound emanates from a location just above the natural vocal chords and can be articulated into intelligible speech by lips and tongue.