Arndt endobronchial blocker
A thin catheter with an inflatable balloon tip and a guide loop, introduced alongside a conventional endotracheal tube under bronchoscopic guidance.
How it is used
Used as an alternative to the double-lumen tube to isolate one lung (or a lobe) and achieve one-lung ventilation in thoracic surgery.
Sources
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History
Added to the catalog on 2026-10-05.
Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.