Endotracheal tube incorporating a drug-irrigation device

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The foregoing and other objects are obtained through an endotracheal tube particularly intended for artificial ventilation in surgical operations and intensive resuscitation treatments in accordance with the present invention.
The inventive tubes comprise independent secondary canalization for the repeated administration and passage of drugs--particularly local anesthetics, anti-inflammatories and mucolytics--during the course of intubation.
In this connection, the inventive tube is provided with a distal end that is associated externally with the endotracheal tube and is suitable for spraying said drugs through a plurality of micrometric openings.
Such distal end can debouch into similarly perforated chambers developed on the outside around the distal segment of said endotracheal tube.