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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2006
Applicants:
Seamus Maguire, Athlone, IE;
Sean Morris, Athlone, IE;
Paul O'neill, Mullingar, IE;
Patrick Joseph Tiernan, Mullingar, IE;
Inventors:
Seamus Maguire, Athlone, IE;
Sean Morris, Athlone, IE;
Paul O'Neill, Mullingar, IE;
Patrick Joseph Tiernan, Mullingar, IE;
Assignee:
Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inflatable grooved balloon cuff may be adapted to seal a patient's trachea when associated with an endotracheal tube. Configurations of these cuffs that include grooved regions may provide improved sealing of the trachea by complementing naturally grooved tracheal tissue.