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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2009
Applicants:
John Brewer, Marietta, GA (US);
Cassandra E. Morris, Roswell, GA (US);
Inventors:
John Brewer, Marietta, GA (US);
Cassandra E. Morris, Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 39/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A respiratory manifold is provided which has a base port that is coupled to a central body. The central body has at least one laterally-positioned arm having a port. The base port includes a bridge to guide an object moved through one port into the body of the manifold and through the base port to a tracheal tube without folding, twisting, bunching or buckling of any portion of the object within the manifold.