REINFORCED TUBES

A tracheostomy tube (1) has a shaft (10) with a neck flange (17) dividing the shaft into a patient end (18) and a machine end (19). The shaft is of a silicone material reinforced by a coil (30) embedded within it. The coil (30) comprises multiple closed loops (32) that are longer along the patient e...

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Hauptverfasser:	Woosnam, Christopher John, Morton, Laura Beth, Bint-E-Siddiq, Ayesha, Jeffrey, Andrew Thomas, ZAREMBO, JOHN
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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 HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:	A tracheostomy tube (1) has a shaft (10) with a neck flange (17) dividing the shaft into a patient end (18) and a machine end (19). The shaft is of a silicone material reinforced by a coil (30) embedded within it. The coil (30) comprises multiple closed loops (32) that are longer along the patient end portion than the machine end portion such that the closed ends of the loops contact one another along the machine end portion for maximum strength but leave a longitudinal gap (33) along the patient end portion. An inflation line (14) extends within the wall of the shaft along the gap (33) along the patient end portion (18) and extends externally of the shaft on the machine side of the neck flange (17). The patient end of the inflation line opens into an inflatable sealing cuff (13) extending around the shaft close to the patient end.