73 devices · GMDN 47366
An emergency airway clearance suction system, electric is a portable device assembly designed to remove fluids, secretions, or other unwanted materials from a patient’s airway during urgent situations such as transport or resuscitation. It is commonly used in non-surgical settings like ambulances, emergency departments, or crash carts to maintain airway patency when immediate suction is needed.
This category includes electrically powered suction pumps, collection containers, patient-contact components such as handpieces or masks, tubing, and often microbial or hydrophobic filters. These systems are regulated as medical devices intended for emergency or transport use and are not designed for surgical airway procedures.
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