TRACHEOSTOMY TUBES AND THEIR MANUFACTURE

The neck flange 3 of a tracheostomy tube is of a soft plastics such as silicone and has neck tie or suture openings 35 at opposite ends reinforced to prevent damage to the flange. The openings are reinforced by tubular inserts 38 of a harder plastics. The patient end of each insert has an enlarged,...

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Hauptverfasser:	WOOSNAM, Christopher John, JEFFREY, Andrew Thomas, BATEMAN, Timothy, VEASEY, Neil Steven
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BUTTONS, PINS, BUCKLES, SLIDE FASTENERS, OR THE LIKE DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY HABERDASHERY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE JEWELLERY MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:	The neck flange 3 of a tracheostomy tube is of a soft plastics such as silicone and has neck tie or suture openings 35 at opposite ends reinforced to prevent damage to the flange. The openings are reinforced by tubular inserts 38 of a harder plastics. The patient end of each insert has an enlarged, radially extending head 41 sitting flush in an enlarged recess 43 around the patient end of each opening. The opposite end of each insert also has an enlarged head 42 overlapping the flange but formed after the insert has been inserted in the flange. The opposite end head 42 may be heat formed from the end of the insert or may be a separate component clipped onto the end of the insert.