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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Covidien Announces Global Launch of Mallinckrodt TaperGuard Line of ETTubes

Filed under: Anesthesiology , Critical Care , Emergency Medicine , Military Medicine


Anesthesiologists, EMTs and other intubators, rejoice! Covidien has just announced the world wide release of a new line of endotracheal tubes called Mallinckrodt™ TaperGuard™. Designed to "substantially" reduce the risk of microaspirations thanks to its taper-shaped cuff, the tubes come in two models: TaperGuard™ and TaperGuard™ Evac (shown in the picture).

More details in the press release...

Product page: TaperGuard...

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