Medico-surgical tubes
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1. A medico-surgical tube comprising:
- a shaft of a first material; and
a separate member of a second, different material extending along a region of the length of said shaft, said second material being such that said tube can be bent by a user to a desired angle anywhere along said region with said tube retaining the angle of the bend.
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Abstract
An endotracheal tube has a shaft extruded of a plastics material with a lumen within its wall. A rod of a malleable metal extends along the lumen and is spaced from opposite ends of the tube. The tube can be bent to retain a desired bend where it emerges from the patient'"'"'s mouth.
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1. A medico-surgical tube comprising:
- a shaft of a first material; and
a separate member of a second, different material extending along a region of the length of said shaft, said second material being such that said tube can be bent by a user to a desired angle anywhere along said region with said tube retaining the angle of the bend. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- a shaft of a first material; and
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11. An endotracheal tube comprising:
- a shaft of a plastics material; and
a separate member of a malleable metal extending within a wall of said shaft along a region of the length of said shaft, said region being spaced from a patient end of said tube and extending where said tube in use extends through the mouth of the patient such that the tube can be bent by a user to a desired angle in the region of the mouth and retains the bend during use.
- a shaft of a plastics material; and
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