Endotracheal intubation detecting device for surgical application, has signal emitting device attached to end of endotracheal tube for emitting signal indicating engagement position of tube

摘要

A signal emitting device (20) such as a magnet is attached to an end of an endotracheal tube (10), which is inserted into trachea of a patient. A sensor (30) senses the signal emitted from the signal emitting device to detect the correct insertion of the tube into the trachea of the patient.