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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.:

US 8968511 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 18, 2013

Medical device and technique for using the same

Applicant:

Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);

Inventors:

Aaron D. Macan, Loveland, CO (US);

Dhairya K. Mehta, Woodland Hills, CA (US);

Sarah L. Hayman, Boulder, CO (US);

Jon W. Neal, Parker, CO (US);

Mark R. Behlmaier, Erie, CO (US);

Assignee:

Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);

Attorney:

Fletcher Yoder PC

Primary Examiner:

Jeff Aftergut

Assistant Examiner:

Jaeyun Lee

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/04 (2006.01); B29D 23/00 (2006.01); B29C 49/52 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 49/04 (2006.01); B29C 49/48 (2006.01); B29C 49/20 (2006.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 23/00 (2013.01); A61M 16/04 (2013.01); B29C 49/52 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/7802 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/53241 (2013.01); A61M 16/0434 (2013.01); A61M 2205/32 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6036 (2013.01); A61M 2205/6063 (2013.01); B29C 49/04 (2013.01); B29C 49/48 (2013.01); B29C 65/7817 (2013.01); B29C 2049/2017 (2013.01); B29C 2049/2069 (2013.01); B29C 2049/4882 (2013.01); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7542 (2013.01);
Abstract

An inflatable balloon cuff may be adapted to seal a patient's trachea when associated with an endotracheal tube. These cuffs may include indicia that facilitate attachment of the cuff relative to the tube to reduce manufacturing variability for such characteristics as rotational and length alignment. Such indicia may include protrusions that are formed in the wall of the cuff collars or may include visual indicators, e.g., colorimetric or shape-wise indicators. Cuffs with improved attachment relative to the tube may have increased sealing performance.

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