Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited

Gareth James Hobbs

Elmo Benson Stoks

Jason Allan Klenner

James William Stanton

Jonathan Andrew George Lambert

David Leon McCauley

Matthew Liam Buswell

Thomas Jacques Fernand Maeckelberghe

Samuel Graham Boggs

Kiel Anthony McCool

Layton Robert Hern

Kiel Anthony Mccool

Breathing tube with mesh

Breathing tube

Medical tubes and methods of manufacturing medical tubes are disclosed, such as in positive airway pressure (PAP), respirator, anaesthesia, ventilator, and insufflation systems. The tube may be a composite structure made of two or more distinct components spirally wound to form an elongate tube. One of the components may be a spirally wound elongate hollow body, and the other component an elongate structural component spirally wound between turns of the spirally wound hollow body. Alternatively, the tube need not be made from distinct components. 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 have other medical uses.

Neonatal flexible and hybrid medical tubes

Circuit kit for a humidifier

Growing community of inventors

Auckland, New Zealand

Gareth James Hobbs