Diana G Thomas

US Patent:

20160067435, Mar 10, 2016

Filed:

Jul 23, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/756039

Inventors:

Diana B. Thomas - Prospect KY, US

International Classification:

A61M 16/04
A61M 16/00

Abstract:

A kit for ventilating a patient incapable of normal ventilation with current anesthetic techniques due to a risk for airway obstruction in surgical procedures requiring conscious sedation monitored anesthesia care (MAC). Includes a single-lumen endopharyngeal nasal tube with an eye shaped opening at its distal end and a cylindrical proximal end used as an adaptor for anesthetic applications such as positive airway pressure via Jackson-Reese modified ambu-bag or other various anesthesiology applications. Contiguous to the distal end of the nasal tube is an end-tidal CO2 monitoring port (ETCO2). On the distal end of the flexible nasal ventilation tube is an eye opening allowing air flow to the posterior pharynx. The kit further includes a modified Jackson-Reese ambu bag which allows for controlled airflow to the patient during a procedure.