Ultrasonic placement and monitoring of an endotracheal tube

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A - Human Necessities

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A61M 16/04 (2006.01) A61B 8/08 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2561641

A system (10) for ultrasonically placing and monitoring an endotracheal tube (12) within a patient. The system includes an endotracheal tube having a proximal (14) and a distal end (16) and a ventilation lumen (22) disposed therethrough. A vibration mechanism (38) is coupled to the endotracheal tube. One ultrasonic transducer (44) is located outside the patient's body. An ultrasonic imaging apparatus (48) is coupled to the ultrasonic transducer for digitalizing the endotracheal tube within the body.

L'invention concerne un système (10) permettant de placer et de surveiller de manière ultrasonore un tube endotrachéal (12) à l'intérieur d'un patient. Le système comprend un tube endotrachéal présentant une extrémité proximale (14) et une extrémité distale (16) ainsi qu'une lumière de ventilation (22) traversant ledit tube. Un mécanisme à vibration (38) est couplé au tube endotrachéal. Un transducteur ultrasonore (44) est situé à l'extérieur du corps du patient. Un appareil d'imagerie ultrasonore (48) est couplé au transducteur ultrasonore pour numériser le tube endotrachéal placé dans le corps.

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