摘要 |
An endotracheal tube holder (10) that in- cludes a face plate (14) and an adjustable head band (18). The face plate is adapted to be po- sitioned over the mouth of the patient and is formed with an open end channel terminating with a V-shaped notch over which is superposed a tube holding block (37) that is affixed to the outer surface of the face plate and also includes a matching V-shaped notch (33) in which an en- dotracheal tube can be fixedly positioned by a thumb screw (40), a bite block (45) being inte- grally secured to the inner surface of the face plate which is also provided with an aligned V- shaped notch. The walls (88, 90) of the bite block are arranged to flex inwardly in response to pressure generated by a patient's teeth and jaw movement. The face plate also includes an open- ing (60) for ready access to the patient's mouth as might be required.
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