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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2021
Smiths Medical International Limited, Ashford, GB;
Neil Steven Veasey, Ashford, GB;
Christopher John Woosnam, London, GB;
Andrew Thomas Jeffrey, Marsh, GB;
Timothy Bateman, Hythe, GB;
ICU Medical International Limited, Ashford, GB;
Abstract
The neck flangeof a tracheostomy tube is of a soft plastics such as silicone and has neck tie or suture openingsat opposite ends reinforced to prevent damage to the flange. The openings are reinforced by tubular insertsof a harder plastics. The patient end of each insert has an enlarged, radially extending headsitting flush in an enlarged recessaround the patient end of each opening. The opposite end of each insert also has an enlarged headoverlapping the flange but formed after the insert has been inserted in the flange. The opposite end headmay be heat formed from the end of the insert or may be a separate component clipped onto the end of the insert.