Smiths Group Plc

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Smiths Medical International Limited

Smithgroup, Inc.

Daniel Jay Coates

A clamp assembly is provided that includes a body member having a cavity therethrough configured to receive a fixture. The cavity has a longitudinal axis through a center thereof. The body has a clamping portion configured to apply a compressive force to the fixture and thereby releasably secure the body member to the fixture. A ring member is secured to the body member in a manner such that the ring member is capable of 360-degree rotation about the longitudinal axis of the cavity of the body member while the body member remains in a fixed position. The ring member has a flange extending outwardly from a side thereof and the flange has a through hole with a central axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body member.

Assembly and method for rotatably securing an object to a fixture

A fenestrated tracheostomy tube has a shaft () made of a silicone or other soft material. The fenestrated region () located in the trachea () has two rows of several openings () along the center line of the tube. The openings () are formed in a separate plate () of a stiffer material bonded or moulded in an aperture () in the shaft () of the tube to give the shaft extra stiffness in this region.

Tracheostomy tubes

A cuffed silicone tracheostomy tube has two tapered recesses on its outer surface in which opposite ends of a resilient cuff are bonded using an adhesive or solvent. Two shallow ribs extend around the tube on the inner edge of each recess, projecting outwardly to prevent the adhesive or solvent spreading onto the inflatable portion of the cuff. The cuff has several shallow ribs extending around the cuff and spaced along its inflatable portion to promote even inflation.

Cuffed medical tubes

A cuffed silicone tracheostomy tube has two tapered recesses () and () on its outer surface in which opposite ends () and () of a resilient cuffare bonded using an adhesive or solvent. Two shallow ribs () and () extend around the tube on the inner edge of each recess () and (), projecting outwardly to prevent the adhesive or solvent spreading onto the inflatable portion () of the cuff (). The cuff () has several shallow ribs () extending around the cuff and spaced along its inflatable portion () to promote even inflation.

A cuffed silicone tracheostomy tube has two tapered recessesandon its outer surface in which opposite endsandof a resilient cuffare bonded using an adhesive or solvent. Two shallow ribsandextend around the tube on the inner edge of each recessand, projecting outwardly to prevent the adhesive or solvent spreading onto the inflatable portionof the cuff. The cuffhas several shallow ribsextending around the cuff and spaced along its inflatable portionto promote even inflation.

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Ogden Dunes, IN, United States of America

Daniel Jay Coates