US 12,303,632 B1
Airway management device
Vernon Bradley Taylor, Atoka, TN (US)
Filed by Vernon Bradley Taylor, Atoka, TN (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/685,945.
Application 17/685,945 is a continuation of application No. 16/432,778, filed on Jun. 5, 2019, granted, now 11,273,247.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/680,645, filed on Jun. 5, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/86 (2021.05) [A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61B 17/30 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/305 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61M 2210/065 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A catheter device comprising:
a suction catheter having a lumen extending from a proximal end of the suction catheter to a distal end of the suction catheter, the distal end comprising a suction tip; and
a grasping housing slidably disposed around at least a portion of an exterior of the suction catheter, comprising a first grasping arm and a second grasping arm that are disposed around first and second respective portions of the exterior of the suction catheter at the suction tip, and a grasping tip formed from a first distal end of the first grasping arm and a second distal end of the second grasping arm,
wherein each of the first and second grasping arms, commencing at the grasping tip, comprises a medial section having a decreasing taper extending to a chamfer connected to a recessed section configured to receive the suction tip,
wherein the grasping housing is configured to extend from a first configuration to a second configuration, the first configuration comprising the grasping tip being situated in proximity to the suction tip in a closed configuration and the second configuration comprising the grasping tip extended a first distance distally from the suction tip in an open configuration, and
wherein the grasping housing is further configured to extend from the second configuration to a third configuration, the third configuration comprising the grasping tip extended a second distance distally from the suction tip in a closed configuration, the second distance being greater than the first distance.