MXNL01000022A - Stabilizer and fastening endotracheal tube device. - Google Patents

Abstract

The present discloses a stabilizer and fastening endotracheal tube device; it is specially designed to fasten and stabilize the endotracheal tube. It consists of the assembly of a plastic or silicon piece and self- adherable straps for fastening and stabilizing the endotracheal tube and also for fixing the device to the patient. The object of this invention is to provide a specific, safe and easy to install attachment to fix the endotracheal tube; currently this tube is fixed with straps for umbilical ligature made of cotton or other material or fixed to the patient°s skin with adhesive tape with all the disadvantages involved. This device is designed in three variants but with the same inventive concept.

Description

ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE HOLDER AND STABILIZER DEVICE BACKGROUND The endotracheal tube is a plastic tube that has a balloon at its proximal end, a tube circulates inside the tube with positive pressure, the endotracheal tube is inserted into the patient's trachea and helps patients to breathe. they are unable to do so, the eototracheal tube is a medical article.

Nowadays, the common way to hold the endotracheal tube is through the use of pieces of adhesive tape (adhesive cloth or adhesive tape) that fix the tube to the skin of the patient's face. Another method e? with, cotton tapes (belt, umb?) icql) or other material used to tie the tube and fix it to the patient by knotting the tape behind the head or neck. As you can see, the materials used to fix the endotracheal tube are not specifically designed for this purpose. In addition for this use these materials present multiple disadvantages and disadvantages.

To adhere, the adhesive fabric requires that the skin is not damp, an inevitable situation in most patients. This exposes the patient to accidental displacement of the tube outside the trachea with the danger that this implies.

The same happens with individuals with a beard or mustache, which prevents adequate adherence to the skin. In addition, the adhesive fabric can cause irritation and skin lesions. The very nature of this material prevents adequate hygiene.

As far as the use of cotton tapes (umbilical tape) or other material is concerned, it can still be used with wet skin or the presence of beard or mustache, however to hold the tube it is necessary to apply an adjustable tie of the tape to the tube or that it deforms it and can cause a decrease in the internal diameter of the same, or favor in this place the swelling of the tube and blocking of the free passage of air. On the other hand, it is often necessary to reposition the tube and force the adhesive tape to peel off or to break the knot and even break the tied tape. This is usually more irregular than the mooring or initial fixation.

To eliminate the disadvantages and disadvantages of the materials and methods presented above, we designed the present specific device to hold and stabilize the endotracheal tube and which we intend to protect by means of the present request.

Although it is a more complex device in its manufacture since it is the result of the assembly of several pieces of different material, these elements as a whole work more efficiently offering advantages for its mechanism to attach the device to the tube and the device to the patient. This makes it an ideal device for what was designed.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The characteristic details of the novel invention that we have called the endotracheal tube holder and stabilizer device are clearly shown in the description of each variant and in the accompanying drawings, as well as the reference signs to indicate parts and views of the device.

Figure 1 shows the device in its variant no i in plan view, figure 2 io shows in its front view and figure 3 in its side view. This device consists of the assembly of a plastic or silicone tube. { no.l) of 1.5 - 3.5 cm of Igrgo by 0.5 - 1.5 cm of width approximately, open to all it left. { fig. 3 no.l) At the far end of the tube is a cloth strap with self-adhering material. 2) about 0.5 - 1.0 cm wide, fixed at one end on the outside of the tube and at the edge of the opening (Fig. 3 no.2) the tape will encircle the tube of the device until the inner side of the tube is joined. this one with the external body of the endoboqueai tybo.

With the endotracheal tube trapped inside the device, the tape has the function of exerting uniform pressure on the external face and on the circumference of the tube of the device and this in turn exerts pressure on the endotracheal tube to hold it. • 5 At its proximal end, the plastic or silicone tubing is divided and on one of its faces it has the opening already described, which runs the entire length separating the tube in two as shown in FIG. 3 (No. 1) in FIG. this proximal end has two segments (fig 3), each of these 10 will join the top of two flat plastic or silicone ribbons 0.5 - 1 cm wide by 7 - 20 cm long, taking a position upper and lower (Fig. 1) these tapes are going to be placed above the upper lip of the patient and run in the same direction as that, the lower strap is placed underneath the lower lip and runs in the same direction that there is a separation between the two flat ribbons in the middle part of about .5 cm Each portion of the divided tube will be joined on the middle part of each of the flat ribbons (Fig. 1) the two flat ribbons will be joined at their ends, the upper one with the lower one (fig.l) this situation will allow that the tube of the device is located between the lips and at the entrance of the oral cavity, preventing the endotracheal tube from resting on the lips, ideal for patients with prolonged intubation. At one end of the plastic or silicone joined straps, a strap is attached with self-adhesive material (Fig. 1, No. 4) and at the other end a ribbon of cloth is attached, which has at its far end. a plastic buckle (fig.l no.3). These straps measure 1.0 - 1.5 cm wide and are of variable length and their function is to fix the device to the neck of the patient. Device with variant no. II Figure 4 shows the device in sub Vrid II in the plant view, the figure 5 shows it in its frontal view and figure 6 in its lateral view. It consists of the assembly of a plastic tube osilícón of 1.5 - 3.5 cm long by 0.5 - 1.5 cm wide approximately open to all the length (figure 5 no.l), through this opening the endotracheal tube will be placed.

At its distal end, it has a cloth strap with self-adhesive material 0.5 - 1.0 cm wide, fixed at one end to the external cora of the tube at the edge of the opening (figure 5, number 1 and 2), through this opening the endotracheal tube will be placed and held.

At the proximal end of the plastic or silicone tube is attached by its outer edge edge of a flat piece of plastic or silicone 7-12 cm long by 0.5-1.0 m wide, wider in its middle part, remaining in a single piece in the form of an inverted T (fig 5 and ¿), the plañe tape is placed on top of the patient's upper lip, the flat plastic or silicone tape on one of its ends is attached to a cloth strap of self-adhesive material (fig 4 No. 4), the end eye is attached to a cloth strap having at its distal end a plastic buckle (fig 4 No. 3). These straps measure 1.0 - 1.5 cm wide and of variable length and their function is to fix the device to the neck of the patient. The position in which the device remains allows the endolracheal tube to be over the opening of the oral cavity and the point of support is above the upper lip. These ribbons will surround the neck of! patient and fix and stabilize the device, preventing the endotracheal tube from moving. Device with variant no. Ill, Figure 7 shows the device in its variant III in the plant view, Figure 8 shows it in its front view. It consists of a plastic or silicone tube 1.5 - 3.5 cm long by 0.5-1.5 cm wide open all the way (Fig. 8 no.1). At its distal end, it has a cloth strap with self-adhesive material 0.5 - 1.0 cm wide, fixed at one end to the outer surface of the tube and to the edge of the opening. Through this opening (Fig. 8, No. 1 and 2) the endotracheal tube will be placed and held. The proximal end of the tube is continued in two branches of approximately 3.5 - 7.0 cm long, at the ends of which a cloth strap is attached. One of self-adhesive material (fig 7 no.4), and the other has a plastic buckle at its distal end (fig 7 # 3).

These straps measure 1.0 - 1.5 cm wide and of variable length and their function is to fix the device to the neck of the patient. A bracket and stabilizer endoiraqueal device can be used in patients requiring endotracheal intubation for anesthetic management in operating rooms, prehospital respiratory assistance by paramedics, in Emergency Units, Intensive Care Respiratory or Intensive Care.

Claims (1)

1. CLAIMS Endotracheal tube holder and stabilizer device characterized by an open tube lengthwise, in which the e? Dotrqqueal tube is inserted, to be wrapped and imprisoned, the tube of the device has one or two strap by its exterior that surrounds it and gives more firmness, the tube of the device is continued to put a piece that can have variation in its form and from this two straps are fixed that will hold e | device to the neck or to the patient's head. Endotracheal tube holder and stabilizer device according to claim 1, characterized by the use preferably of plastic or silicone material to hold and stabilize the endotracheal tube. The endotracheal tube holder and stabilizer device, according to claim 1. uses self-adhesive straps or any other material, to contribute to the fixation of the endotracheal tube. EJ braces and endotracheal tube stabilizer, according to reinvidicoción 1, Use a specific method to fix and stabilize endotracheal tube.