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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Smiths Medical International Limited, Kent, GB;
Inventor:
Daniel Jay Coates, Ogden Dunes, IN (US);
Assignee:
SMITHS MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Kent, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0465 (2013.01); A61M 16/0425 (2014.02); A61M 16/0427 (2014.02); A61M 16/0475 (2014.02); A61M 16/0479 (2014.02); A61M 16/044 (2013.01); A61M 16/0434 (2013.01); A61M 16/0497 (2013.01); A61M 2205/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.