US 12,465,557 B2
System, method, and apparatus for detecting tube misplacement in a patient's airway
Shadi Ashtarolnakhai, Sandy Springs, GA (US)
Assigned to Avent, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed by Avent, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/499,401.
Application 18/499,401 is a division of application No. 16/291,093, filed on Mar. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,839,723.
Prior Publication US 2024/0058581 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A61J 15/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 15/0003 (2013.01) [A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61J 15/0084 (2015.05); A61M 25/0105 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3313 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2230/432 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
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1. An enteral tube, comprising:
a tip;
a length;
a lumen;
a channel defined in a sidewall of the enteral tube; and
a first sensing component disposed at the tip, wherein the first sensing component is a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) infrared carbon dioxide sensor having an infrared emitter and an infrared receiver embedded within the channel via a filler material, wherein the infrared emitter and the infrared receiver each comprise an end, wherein the end of the infrared emitter and the end of the infrared receiver each terminate in a direction that is not parallel with the lumen of the enteral tube.