Edward M. Boyle, Jr.,Nathan J. Dale,Paul C. Leonard,Alan Marc Gillinov,Sam Kiderman,William E. Cohn
申请号：
US13748819
公开号：
US08951355B2
申请日:
2013.01.24
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
A device for clearing obstructions from a medical tube, such as a chest tube, is disclosed in various embodiments. The device features a clearance member in the form of a loop. The loop desirably has a diameter that substantially corresponds to the inner diameter of the medical tube. Also desirably, the loop presents a substantially unobstructed pathway therethrough for the flow of material from a location in the medical tube distal to the loop to a location in the medical tube proximal to the loop regardless whether the clearance member is being translated or is at rest in the medical tube. Methods of utilizing such a device are also disclosed.
