AIRWAY OPENING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

An apparatus for use in providing an airway through a tracheal wall of a subject, the apparatus including, a dilator including a handle, wherein the handle allows a user to hold and manipulate at least the dilator, and wherein the dilator provides a channel extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and, a sleeve detachably mounted to the dilator, the sleeve being for receiving a tracheal tube having an airway running from a proximal end to a distal end, and in use the dilator can be used to insert the tracheal tube through the tracheal wall with the tracheal tube being detachable from the sleeve to allow the dilator to be removed so that the tracheal tube provides an airway through the tracheal wall.

主权项

1) An apparatus for use in providing an airway through a tracheal wall of a subject, the apparatus including:
a) a dilator including a handle, wherein the handle allows a user to hold and manipulate at least the dilator, and wherein the dilator provides a channel extending from a proximal end to a distal end; and b) a sleeve detachably mounted to the dilator, the sleeve being for receiving a tracheal tube having an airway running from a proximal end to a distal end, and in use the dilator can be used to insert the tracheal tube through the tracheal wall with the tracheal tube being detachable from the sleeve to allow the dilator to be removed so that the tracheal tube provides an airway through the tracheal wall.