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2012-287 Video-Guided Chest Tube Insertion System
Video-Guided Chest Tube Insertion SystemBACKGROUNDAnnually, thousands of chest tubes are placed into the pleural space of patients who have excessive air and/or fluid collapsing the lung. Currently, chest tube placement requires either an extremely painful “medieval” incision and clamp technique, or a trocar/dilator system. Both are “blind”...
Published: 7/19/2023   |   Inventor(s): Robert Cameron
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Category(s): Medical Devices, Medical Devices > Surgical Tools
2016-049 Automated Optical Chest Tube Air Leak Detection System
Automated Optical Chest Tube Air Leak Detection SystemSUMMARYUCLA researchers in the Department of Surgery have developed an air leak detection system for use in patients requiring chest tube placement.BACKGROUNDThe standard “state of the art” in the vast majority of medical situations requiring chest tube placement is for the tube to be...
Published: 7/19/2023   |   Inventor(s): Peyman Benharash, Robert Cameron, Allen Zhu
Keywords(s): Medical Devices and Materials, Respiratory & Pulmonary
Category(s): Medical Devices, Therapeutics > Respiratory And Pulmonary