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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2019
Smiths Medical International Limited, Ashford, GB;
Stephen James Field, Canterbury, GB;
Smiths Medical International Limited, Ashford, GB;
Abstract
A paediatric tracheostomy tube is provided in two parts. One part is a patient end portion () having a silicone shaft () arranged to locate in the trachea. The machine end is formed with a mounting flange () adapted to lie against the neck and has a low profile coupling () on its machine side. The other part is a machine end portion () having a flexible, corrugated shaft (') of polypropylene with a low profile coupling () at its patient end adapted to engage the coupling () on the flange as a twist fit. The machine end of the machine end portion () has a tapered male coupling () adapted to fit with a female coupling on a breathing tube, the male coupling having a larger profile than the coupling () on the patient end of the machine end portion () and the coupling () on the flange.