Inventors:
James T. DeLuca - Westbury NY, US
Paul V. DeLuca - Plandome Manor NY, US
International Classification:
A61M 1/00
US Classification:
604317, 604 1, 604 2, 604 3, 604 18, 604289, 604416, 604540
Abstract:
A vacuum device for removing a lodged mass or bolus from the throat of a choking victim. The device includes a pump for creating a vacuum chamber communicating with a mouthpiece having a frangible membrane. A resilient striker fractures the membrane to generate a substantially instantaneous vacuum to the mouthpiece to dislodge the mass. In one embodiment, the membrane is substituted by a manually displaceable sealing member, which is resealed after use of the device by movement of a vacuum-generating plunger.