Multilumen tracheal catheter to prevent cross contamination

• US 20070028924A1
• Filed: 08/08/2005
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SunMed Group Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Incorporated (Kimberly-Clark Corporation)
• Inventors: Teixeira, Scott, Madsen, Edward
• Granted Patent: US 7,478,636 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/207.150
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/7413 by changing the cross-section of the line
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/77 Suction-irrigation systems aspiration tips supplying fluids A61M1/85; specific for negative pressure wound therapy A61M1/92; combined with tracheal tubes A61M16/0463
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0434 Cuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0463 combined with suction tubes, catheters or the like; Outside connections
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0479 above the cuff, e.g. giving access to the upper trachea
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0486 Multi-lumen tracheal tubes

Abstract

A multilumen tracheal tube or catheter is disclosed. The tube has a plurality of ingress and egress lumens, each having a suction or discharge port as appropriate. At least one rotatable collar is provided. The collar overlaps each port and is capable of selecting various combinations of suction and discharge ports without increasing the likelihood of cross contaminating any others.

Claims

1. A tracheal tube comprising:

a cannula having a distal end and a proximal end;

at least one ingression lumen within the cannula having a suction port, the suction port located distal from the proximal end;

at least one egression lumen within the cannula in non-communication with the at least one ingression lumen, the at least one egression lumen having a discharge port, the discharge port located distal from the proximal end;

an inlet for introducing an externally applied therapeutic agent or method into the at least one ingression lumen; and

an outlet for egress of fluids from the at least one egression lumen.

2. The tracheal tube of claim 1 wherein the cannula comprises a first wall and a second wall concentric to the first wall, the first wall surrounding and defining a ventilation lumen adjacent a first surface, the first wall being attached at a second surface to a first surface of the second wall by at least two partitions, the at least one ingression lumen being defined by the second surface of the first wall, the first surface of the second wall, and first surfaces of the at least two partitions, and the at least one egression lumen being defined by the second surface of the first wall, the first surface of the second wall, and second surfaces of the at least two partitions.

3. The tracheal tube of claim 1 comprising any of a plurality of egression lumens, ingression lumens, or both.

4. The tracheal tube of claim 1 comprising a collar surrounding the cannula and overlapping each inlet and outlet, the collar being positionable so as to selectively enable and disable fluid communication through each lumen between its port and its inlet or outlet.

5. The tracheal tube of claim 1 comprising a first collar surrounding the cannula and overlapping the inlet, and a second collar surrounding the cannula and overlapping the outlet, each collar being positionable so as to selectively enable and disable fluid communication through each lumen between its port and its inlet or outlet.

6. The tracheal tube of claim 1 comprising an inflatable cuff surrounding the cannula at the distal end, the inflatable cuff adapted to seal the trachea of a patient, the inlet and outlet being proximal to the inflatable cuff.

7. A tracheal tube comprising:

a cannula having a distal end and a proximal end;

a plurality of ingression lumens within the cannula, each having a suction port located distal from the proximal end and an inlet located proximal to the proximal end;

a plurality of egression lumens within the cannula, each having a discharge port located distal from the proximal end and an outlet located proximal to the proximal end;

each ingression lumen is maintained in fluid non-communication with each egression lumen so as to minimize cross-contamination of any ingression lumen with any egression lumen;

a user manipulable selector for selectively enabling and disabling fluid flow through at least one of an ingression lumen, at least one of an egression lumen, or both.

8. The tracheal tube of claim 7 wherein the user manipulable selector comprises a rotatable collar rotatably affixed to the cannula and overlapping all of the inlets and outlets, the collar comprising a first and a second port therethrough, wherein rotation of the collar aligns the first port with the inlet of a user selected ingression lumen while automatically aligning the second port with the outlet of a corresponding egression lumen.

9. The tracheal tube of claim 8 comprising a guide coupled to the cannula overlapping all of the inlets and outlets, the guide having openings aligned with each inlet and outlet, the collar rotationally attached to the guide.

10. The tracheal tube of claim 9 comprising a fluid tight seal between the collar and the guide.

11. The tracheal tube of claim 7 wherein the user manipulable selector comprises a first and a second rotatable collar each rotatably affixed to the cannula, the first collar overlapping all of the inlets, and the second collar overlapping all of the outlets, each collar having at least one port therethrough, wherein rotation of the first collar aligns the at least one port with the inlet of a user selected ingression lumen and rotation of the second collar aligns the at least one port with the outlet of a user selected egression lumen.

12. The tracheal tube of claim 11 comprising a guide coupled to the cannula overlapping all of the inlets and outlets, the guide having openings aligned with each inlet and outlet, the first and second collar rotationally attached to the guide and comprising a fluid tight seal between each collar and the guide.

13. The tracheal tube of claim 11 comprising a first and a second guide coupled to the cannula, the first guide overlapping all of the inlets, and the second guide overlapping all of the outlets, each guide having openings aligned with each inlet and outlet respectively, the first collar rotationally attached to the first guide and comprising a fluid tight seal between the collar and the guide, and the second collar rotationally attached to the second guide and comprising a fluid tight seal between the collar and the guide.

14. The tracheal tube of claim 7 wherein the ingression lumen enables the introduction of an externally applied therapeutic agent or method to be introduced into a patient within which the tracheal tube is placed.

15. The tracheal tube of claim 7 wherein the egression lumen enables the suctioning of fluids from a patient within which the tracheal tube is placed.

16. The tracheal tube of claim 7 comprising a ventilation lumen, the ingression and egression lumens being radially disposed about an outer diameter of the ventilation lumen.

17. The tracheal tube of claim 7 comprising an inflatable cuff surrounding the cannula at the distal end, the inflatable cuff adapted to seal the trachea of a patient, the inlets and outlets being proximal to the inflatable cuff, and an inflation lumen for selectively inflating and deflating the inflatable cuff.

18. The tracheal tube of claim 17 wherein any of the inlet and the outlet may be selectively occluded alone or in combination.