Breathing Tube Bite Inhibitor

• US 20090064998A1
• Filed: 09/10/2007
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hosni R. Bassili
• Original Assignee: Hosni R. Bassili
• Inventors: Bassili, Hosni R.
• Application Number:
  US11/852,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20090064998A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/200.260
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0488 Mouthpieces; Means for guiding, securing or introducing the tubes guiding or introducing with laryngoscopes A61B1/267; holding devices on the body A61M25/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0493 with means for protecting the tube from damage caused by the patient's teeth, e.g. bite block

Abstract

This invention relates to bite inhibitors comprising a flange and a bite restricting member for use with a patient intubated with a breathing tube and to the combination of a bite inhibitor and a breathing tube mounted to the bite inhibitor.

Claims

1. A bite inhibitor for use with a patient orally intubated with a breathing tube, comprising:

a. a flange member comprising a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, an outer edge, an inner edge opposite the outer edge and comprising a curved indentation sized and shaped to snugly fit a breathing tube, a top edge, and a bottom edge opposite the top edge and spaced from the top edge to define a height that exceeds the thickness of the lips of the patient; and

b. a bite restricting member made from a nontoxic biocompatible material comprising;

i. a front end attached to the rear surface of the flange;

ii. a proximal section extending rearward from the rear surface of the flange member to define a first longitudinal axis, said proximal section having a first thickness at its first end;

iii. a curved section comprising a first end attached to the proximal section, a first curve section curving outward, and a second curve section curving rearward; and

iv. a distal section attached to the second curve section to define a second longitudinal axis that is substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis and offset outward of the first longitudinal axis, and a distal end having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.

2. The bite inhibitor of claim 1, wherein the biocompatible material is a polymer.

3. The bite inhibitor of claim 1, wherein the curved section is sized to conform to the contour of the lateral side of a patient'"'"'s jaw.

4. The bite inhibitor of claim 1, wherein the second thickness is less than half of the first thickness.

5. The bite inhibitor of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the distal section is tapered.

6. The bite inhibitor of claim 1, wherein the outward offset is at least 0.25 inches.

7. The bite inhibitor of claim 1, wherein the height of the flange is at least 1.0 inch.

8. The bite inhibitor of claim 1, wherein the flange is made from a nontoxic biocompatible material.

9. The bite inhibitor of claim 1, further comprising a breathing tube mounted to the curved indentation and having a third thickness that is less than the first thickness.

10. The bite inhibitor of claim 9, wherein the breathing tube is taped to the flange.

11. The bite inhibitor of claim 9, wherein the breathing tube is a laryngeal mask airway tube.

12. The bite inhibitor of claim 9, wherein the breathing tube is an endotracheal tube.

13. A bite inhibitor for use with a patient orally intubated with a breathing tube, comprising:

a. a flange member comprising a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, an outer edge, an inner edge opposite the outer edge and comprising a curved indentation sized and shaped to snugly fit a breathing tube, a top edge, and a bottom edge opposite the top edge and spaced from the top edge to define a height that exceeds the thickness of the lips of the patient; and

b. a bite restricting member made from a nontoxic biocompatible material comprising;

i. a front end attached to the rear surface of the flange;

ii. a proximal section extending rearward from the rear surface of the flange member to define a first longitudinal axis, said proximal section having a first thickness at its first end;

iii. a curved section comprising a first end attached to the proximal section, a first curve section curving outward, and a second curve section curving rearward; and

iv. a distal section attached to the second curve section to define a second longitudinal axis that is substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis and offset outward of the first longitudinal axis, and a distal end having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness and is tapered.

14. The bite inhibitor of claim 13, wherein the curved section is sized to conform to the contour of the lateral side of a patient'"'"'s jaw.

15. The bite inhibitor of claim 13, wherein the second thickness is less than half of the first thickness.

16. The bite inhibitor of claim 13, wherein the outward offset is at least 0.25 inches.

17. The bite inhibitor of claim 13, further comprising a breathing tube mounted to the curved indentation and having a third thickness that is less than the first thickness.

18. A bite inhibitor for use with a patient orally intubated with a breathing tube, comprising:

a. a flange member made from a nontoxic biocompatible material, and comprising a front surface, a rear surface opposite the front surface, an outer edge, an inner edge opposite the outer edge and comprising a curved indentation sized and shaped to snugly fit a breathing tube, a top edge, and a bottom edge opposite the top edge and spaced from the top edge to define a height that exceeds the thickness of the lips of the patient; and

b. a bite restricting member made from a nontoxic biocompatible material comprising;

i. a front end attached to the rear surface of the flange;

ii. a proximal section extending rearward from the rear surface of the flange member to define a first longitudinal axis, said proximal section having a first thickness at its first end;

iii. a curved section comprising a first end attached to the proximal section, a first curve section curving outward, and a second curve section curving rearward; and

iv. a distal section attached to the second curve section to define a second longitudinal axis that is substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis and offset outward of the first longitudinal axis, and a distal end having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.

19. The bite inhibitor of claim 18, wherein the biocompatible material is a polymer.

20. The bite inhibitor of claim 18, wherein the height of the flange is at least 1.0 inch.