Health Sciences · Hospital for Sick Children
Two clear packages each contain unused beige rubber nasal endotracheal tubes. Each tube has an inflatable cuff near the distal end to which is attached a narrow tube leading to a bulb that is used to inflate the cuff. The rubber has deteriorated visibly within its clear packaging. Patches of discoloration are visible, and the narrow tube on one of the examples has broken.
Accession Number: 2025.sk.74
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Primary Materials: Rubber
Printed on tubes: “6,5 NASAL 9,4// 28 // RUSCH W. GERMANY”
Height = 5.5, Width = 1, Length = 24.5;
An endotracheal tube provides a temporary artificial airway for a patient under general anesthesia.
These are cuffed nasal endotracheal tube (NTT) for nasal intubation.
These artifacts are unused but have deteriorated visibly with age. Patches of discolouration have formed between the packaging and the rubber surface of the tube. The inflation tube on one of the examples has cracked, likely due to the embrittlement of the rubber.
Associated Instruments:
Willy Rüsch AG. Rommelshausen (Kernen im Remstal), Germany.
Date of Manufacture: Pre 1989.
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