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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.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Denis LaBombard, Georgetown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Portex, Inc., Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820714 ; 12820026 ;
Abstract
A plastic obturator for use in intubating tracheostomy tubes, particularly including a non-constant radius cannula, which is made of a single-piece plastic flexible member having a flexible shaft including a substantially flat strip member and a plurality of segments extending substantially perpendicular to the strip member. The strip member forms a plurality of hinge members which alternate with this plurality of segments. The shaft means includes a distal and a proximal end. A holding means is formed at the proximal end of the shaft means and a tip member is provided at the distal end of the shaft means having a bullet-like conical shape.