Product Description

Lasertubus 5mm

Soft white rubber tube with Murphy eye. Laser resistant foam surrounds the lower 17cm of tube. Two high volume cuffs (One inside other) 40cm (16″) long, Single Use.

The tracheal tube is designed to allow maximum access and optimum visibility within the operating site, while maintaining controlled ventilation. The tube shaft has a special laser-guard of approx. 17cm in length proximal to the cuff. Before intubation, moisten the laser-guard with sterile isotonic saline solution. This will prevent the laser beam from penetrating or igniting the tube material. Moreover, moisturizing the laser-guard minimizes the risk of damaging the mucosa, both in the trachea and the vocal cord area and assists in intubation.

The double-cuff has a high residual volume that makes it possible to seal the trachea within the range of 25-30cm water column. We recommend filling first the inner cuff with air and then the outer cuff with sterile water or with sterile isotonic saline solution with methylene blue added to identify a damaged cuff. It is also possible to fill both cuffs with either of these liquids. Even if the outer cuff is perforated by the laser beam, the trachea will still be completely sealed by the yellow inner cuff. By the use of a special material, both cuffs are characterized by an excellent resistance to the diffusion of anesthetic gas.

This diffusion resistance considerably diminishes the possibility of pressure increasing in the cuffs during anesthesia. Again, risk of mucosa lesions in the trachea is reduced to a minimum. The hooded tip makes it posssible to smoothly introduce the tube into the trachea. The additional Murphy eye assures the continuity of ventilation in the event that the tube tip becomes obstructed. The two-way stopcocks are easy to manipulate and are designed to simplify filling the cuffs and closing the filling systems.

The tube connector is integral, thereby preventing accidental disconnection. The tube-shaft material is soft rubber. Clinical tests have revealed that in combination with the laser-guard this material is particularly suitable for laser surgery. In controlled bench tests no damage occurred in the soft rubber protected by the laser-guard even when exposed to a 20 watt CO laser beam for 40 seconds.

Lasertubus™
Product # Size Box Qty
102004040 4.0 mm I.D. 2
102004050 5.0 mm I.D. 2
102004060 6.0 mm I.D. 2
102004070 7.0 mm I.D. 2
102004080 8.0 mm I.D. 2