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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Ronald French, New Orleans, LA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for evacuating air from the body cavity of the patient during a collapsed lung condition which includes, an air delivery tube portion which is inserted through the skin and into the wall of the body cavity, the air delivery tube portion of the apparatus include a body portion, a first upper threaded end, and a bore extending through the body portion to accommodate air flow through the air delivery tube; there is also provided a trocar member, including a body portion insertable through the bore of the air delivery tube, with a pointed end partially protruding out of the second lower end of the tube for piercing the body cavity wall during insertion of a portion of the air delivery tube into the body cavity; an extender portion engageable to the first upper end of the air conveying tube after the tube has been inserted into the body cavity and the trocar member has been removed from the air delivery tube, for providing a point of delivering air flow through the air delivery tube from the body cavity of the patient; a valving member on the upper end of the extender portion for allowing one-way flow of air out of the body cavity and for preventing air returning into the body cavity as the patient inhales; a flexible, rubber-like tube insertable through the bore in the body portion in the air delivery tube, one end of the tube insertable into the body cavity, so that the air delivery tube may be removed from the body cavity and the flexible rubber-like tube allow air flow through the tube; a valving member on the outer end of the tube for allowing air flow out of the body cavity but for preventing air flow into the body cavity as the patient inhales.