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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. 24, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas C Barthel, Becker, MN (US);
Alan H Shikani, Baltimore, MD (US);
Mark F Brown, Coon Rapids, MN (US);
George A Klemmer, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Clarus Medical Systems, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
600120 ; 600194 ;
Abstract
A viewing system for use with a breathing tube such as an endotracheal intubation tube or a tracheostomy tube and a viewing assembly having a viewing conduit for indirectly viewing the tracheal area of a patient into which the breathing tube is being inserted and for guiding the tube into place within the patient's trachea is disclosed. The viewing system also incorporates an adapter handle which allows the viewing assembly to be used with breathing tubes of varied lengths.