ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE HAVING ONE OR MORE ANGULARLY OFFSET SUCTION APERTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING AND/OR USING THE SAME

摘要

An endotracheal tube including a main tube with a proximal end and a distal end. An inflatable cuff is arranged on the main tube. The inflatable cuff includes a base and angled sides and is configured to generally match an anatomical shape of a trachea. At least one suction aperture is arranged in an area that is adjacent a proximal end of the cuff. At least one of the at least one suction aperture is angularly offset with respect to a plane passing through a center axis of the main tube when the main tube is bent in use configuration and the at least one suction aperture is angularly offset with respect to a plane passing through a center axis of the cuff and being perpendicular to the base of the cuff.