Medico-surgical tube assemblies

摘要

Connection is made to an endotracheal tube 1, which is helically reinforced up to its machine end 11, by means of a connector 2. The connector 2 has, at its rear end 21, a tapered external surface 29 and, at its forward end 20, has an external screw thread 25, the profile of which is shallow on its forward edge 26 and steeper on its rear edge 28. The pitch of the thread 25 is the same as the pitch of the reinforcement 15 in the tube 1 so that the connector 2 can be screwed into the tube. <IMAGE>