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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:
Jul. 06, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sean P Hanson, Murray, UT (US);
Assignee:
Sorenson Critical Care, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604283 ; 604246 ; 604249 ; 604171 ; 251320 ; 251322 ;
Abstract
A modular ventilating/aspirating assembly includes a catheter subassembly, including a sputum trap; an optional valved manifold and a suction control valve with an actuator oriented at an acute angle with respect to the lumen of the valve. The suction control valve includes a connection end which may couple selectively to a catheter subassembly or to other peripheral devices.