Patents Assigned to Bird Medical International Inc.
  • Patent number: 5207641
    Abstract: A dual purpose catheter valve especially for oxygen insufflation and mucous suction from the lungs and trachea system of a patient, is provided. The body has two snap-fitted generally cylindrical parts, mounted for relative rotation, with an oxygen port, suction port and catheter port on the outer body part for connection to the respective valves, and ports formed in the wall of the inner body part. There are two pairs of inner body ports, one pair for alignment with the oxygen port and the catheter port of the outer body part, the other pair for alignment with the suction port and the catheter port of the outer body part. When one of the oxygen or suction ports is aligned for fluid communication to the interior of the body and to the catheter port, the other of the oxygen or suction ports is shut off by a wall portion of the inner body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: Bird Medical International Inc.
    Inventor: Robert A. Allton