US 12,376,870 B2
Choking intervention device
John Daniel Bergeron, Nelson, GA (US)
Filed by John Daniel Bergeron, Nelson, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/069,482.
Prior Publication US 2024/0206898 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/50 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/24 (2013.01) [A61B 17/50 (2013.01); A61M 16/0009 (2014.02); A61M 16/0075 (2013.01); A61M 16/0616 (2014.02); A61M 16/0683 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A choking intervention device, comprising:
an assembly of hollow vessels configured to produce low air pressure that can be used to clear an object obstructing a breathing passage of a choking victim comprising:
an inner and outer vessel joined together to create a single dynamic device for producing low air pressure having one vessel longer than the other and extending towards the victim through which said low air pressure is transmitted;
a means by which the internal volume of the device can be made to expand creating a region of low air pressure, wherein operation of said means is configured to be thrust towards the victim with one hand;
a graspable section connected to or forming a part of said expansion means used to operate the device;
a set of one or more openings within the walls of the portion of said inner vessel fully enclosed by said outer vessel allowing fluid communication between inside of said outer vessel and the inside of said inner vessel;
an opening on the near end of said longer vessel, on the near end of the device, configured to provide fluid access to the internal volume of the assembly and dimensioned to be attached to a facemask via a facemask connector where a facemask can be attached in airtight fashion;
an airtight pathway from said region of low air pressure within the device to said near end opening and attached facemask;
a seal between attached facemask and the victims face resulting from the forces generated during said thrusting motion of the device;
wherein an airtight internal volume is formed within the device where low air pressure is generated and transmitted to the opening on the near end of the device where an attached facemask can be used to transmit low air pressure to the breathing passages of a choking victim configured in such a way that operation of the device is toward the victim's face forming an airtight seal between attached face mask and victim's face due to the resulting pressure thus requiring only one hand to operate.