Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited

Christopher Jaye Norman Amadio

Jonathan David Harwood

Silas Sao Jin Siew

Elmo Benson Stoks

Andre Van Schalkwyk

Dean Antony Barker

Gavin Walsh Millar

David Leon McCauley

Matthew Liam Buswell

Charles Christopher North

Dominique Richard D'Andrea

Mahran Maumoon Sujau

Christopher Gareth Sims

Helgard Oosthuysen

Ibrahim Al-Tiay

Matthew Robert Wilson

Katja Munkelt

Sanjay Parag Patel

Grant Martin Dover

Joshua Daniel Stroobant

Eric Lenard Doel

The disclosure relates to medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes. The tube may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components that are spirally wound to form an elongate tube. For example, one of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component may be an elongate structural component also spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body. The tube need not be made from distinct components, however. For instance, an elongate hollow body formed (e.g., extruded) from a single material may be spirally wound to form an elongate tube. The elongate hollow body itself may in transverse cross-section have a thin wall portion and a relatively thicker or more rigid reinforcement portion. The tubes can be incorporated into a variety of medical circuits or may be employed for other medical uses.

Medical tubes and methods of manufacture

The disclosure relates to medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes. The tube may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components that are spirally wound to form an elongate tube. For example, one of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component may be an elongate structural component also spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body The tube need not be made from distinct components, however. For instance, an elongate hollow body formed (e.g., extruded) from a single material may be spirally wound to form an elongate tube. The elongate hollow body itself may in transverse cross-section have a thin wall portion and a relatively thicker or more rigid reinforcement portion. The tubes can be incorporated into a variety of medical circuits or may be employed for other medical uses.

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Christopher Jaye Norman Amadio