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Maybe you have heared something about endotracheal tube,but only few people know it exactly.Embodiments of the invention relate to endotracheal tube and methods for using endotracheal tubes. The endotracheal tubes may be adapted for use with any suitable patient. Patients may include animals or humans of any suitable size. However, embodiments of the laryngeal mask airway are especially useful when the patients are infants such as neonates.
Another embodiment of the oxygen mask is directed to a method of inserting an endotracheal tube in a patient, the method comprising: a) obtaining an endotracheal tube comprising a tubular member including a distal end and a proximal end, and a plurality of visually distinct regions at a proximal portion of the tubular member, wherein each of the distinct regions comprises a respectively different color; b) inserting the distal end of the tracheostomy tube into a patient; and c) aligning one visually distinct region of the visually distinct regions with an anatomical structure of the patient.
Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method of inserting an endotracheal tube in a patient, the method comprising: a) obtaining an endotracheal tube comprising a tubular member including a distal end and a proximal end, and a plurality of visually distinct regions at a proximal portion of the tubular member, wherein each visually distinct region is spaced from other visually distinct regions; b) inserting the distal end of the feeding tubes into a patient; c)
In preferred embodiments of the invention, the distinct regions on the endotracheal tube are brightly colored lines. During intubation, one of the lines is selected and localized at, for example, a fixed anatomical location such as the upper gingival ridge.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 shows a side view of a portion of an endotracheal tube that is suitable for use with an infant.
FIG. 2 shows a side view of an endotracheal tube according to an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 3 shows a diagram of an endotracheal tube according to an embodiment of the invention as it is being used in a newborn infant.
FIG. 4 shows a bar graph of the number of intubated infants that do or do not have right mainstem bronchial intubation (RMSBI) as a complication of their size at a given gestational age (weeks after conception).
FIG. 5 shows a bar graph of a controlled clinical trial that had one group of newborn infants use a standard endotracheal tube during intubation (Group I), while a second group of infants (Group II) had the newly invented endotracheal tube inserted during intubation.
