Overview of Secretion Clearing Strategy
The accepted method of clearing secretions in ICU or the OR would be for the MD or RN to regularly examine the airway and its output to be alert for opportunities to suction the ETT or airway. This is particularly important when secretions become more prolific in volume or more tenacious in quality such as cases of pulmonary failure associated with pneumonia or CHF. While this activity is indispensible it is expensive and highly variable because the activity is dependent on staffing levels, lunch breaks, nursing skill and other factors. Variability is the enemy of quality because on any spectrum there is a range of excellent to inferior quality.
Therefore to have a system that is designed to remove secretions on a regular basis whenever they become apparent is likely to keep the systems cleaner and promote more rapid return to normal. The following patent provides for such a cleaning process to be installed into an ETT or LMA type of conduit and allow for irrigation of the airway to hasten mobilization of secretions. There is also less dead space in the system which aids ventilation.
Hopefully this Secretion clearing technology will be world changing.
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