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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2011
Kevin R. Ward, Glen Atten, VA (US);
Curtis N. Sessler, Richmond, VA (US);
Mary JO Grap, Midlothian, VA (US);
Laurence J. Dinardo, Richmond, VA (US);
Bruce D. Spiess, Manakin Sabot, VA (US);
Rao R. Ivatury, Richmond, VA (US);
Cindy Muare, Apollo Beach, FL (US);
Kevin R. Ward, Glen Atten, VA (US);
Curtis N. Sessler, Richmond, VA (US);
Mary Jo Grap, Midlothian, VA (US);
Laurence J. Dinardo, Richmond, VA (US);
Bruce D. Spiess, Manakin Sabot, VA (US);
Rao R. Ivatury, Richmond, VA (US);
Cindy Muare, Apollo Beach, FL (US);
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) may be prevented in a patient, or its occurrence reduced in a population of patients, by using an anti-VAP device or an anti-VAP material such as an anti-VAP mouthpiece that absorbs secretions. By reducing the problem of bacterial-containing secretions that otherwise build up in the airway of, and elsewhere in, the intubated patient, VAP can be prevented from occurring in intubated patients, such as patients intubated with an endotracheal tube (ETT) or a nasogastric tube. Anti-VAP mouthpieces also are useable in non-intubated patients to maintain oral hygiene.