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Endotracheal Tube for Nerve Monitoring

  • US 20160262699A1
  • Filed: 08/26/2015
  • Published: 09/15/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2015
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A nerve monitoring device comprising:

  • an endotracheal tube formed from a flexible, non-electrically conducting material and having a distal end, a proximal end, a central axis, and an outer surface;

    at least one ground, reference, or laryngeal-monitoring electrode wire including electrically conducting material running in a direction parallel to the central axis at a location between the distal end and the proximal end of the endotracheal tube;

    the at least one ground, reference, or laryngeal-monitoring electrode wire having an electrically insulated first wire portion located between the distal end and proximal end of the endotracheal tube and an electrically uninsulated second wire portion located on the outer surface of the endotracheal tube between the first wire portion and the distal end of the endotracheal tube;

    the second wire portion comprising means for contacting the laryngeal muscles when the endotracheal tube is placed in the trachea for ventilation; and

    at least one ground, reference, or hypoglossal-monitoring electrode wire including electrically conducting material wrapped around the outer surface of the endotracheal tube in a helical or circular pattern.

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