Patents Represented by Attorney Kerrick Stivers & Coyle
  • Patent number: 6840242
    Abstract: A tracheostomy aspiration suction tube for management of tracheostomized patients with co-existing dysphagia allowing aspirated material to be collected and removed from the patient prior to traveling toward the lungs. The tracheostomy aspiration suction tube utilizes a primary cannula as a passageway for air to the patient's lungs, while also providing an insertion cannula capable of receiving an inflatable collection receptacle to be placed below the vocal cords. Upon inflation, the collection receptacle forms a seal with the patient's trachea, which effectively catches any aspirated material. Attached to the collection receptacle is a drainage tube connected an external suction device. The aspirated material is suctioned out of the collection receptacle and away from the patient. The collection receptacle can be removed and reinserted as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Inventor: Stephen Craig McCoy
  • Patent number: D510847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Inventor: David Paul McKnight
  • Patent number: D525549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Inventor: Paul E. Crewz
  • Patent number: D497295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Inventor: David Paul McKnight