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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Smiths Medical International Limited, Ashford, GB;
Inventors:
John Zarembo, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Eli Joseph Mcelwain, Champlin, MN (US);
Mark Henry Faust, Stacy, MN (US);
Mary Schueppert, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
ICU MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Ashford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0425 (2014.02); A61M 16/0434 (2013.01); A61M 16/0486 (2014.02); A61M 25/0052 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cuffed tracheostomy tube has a shaft () with an inflation lumen () extending longitudinally along the shaft and opening at its patient end into a sealing cuff (). The tube also includes a reinforcement member provided by a metal wire () wound into two sets of loops (A) and (B) of different widths. The loops () extend part way around the shaft () up to but without crossing the inflation lumen ().