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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Daniel Jay Coates, Ogden Dunes, IN (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Jay Coates, Ogden Dunes, IN (US);
Assignee:
Smiths Group PLC, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0465 (2013.01); A61M 16/0434 (2013.01); A61M 16/0488 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cuffed silicone tracheostomy tube has two tapered recesses on its outer surface in which opposite ends of a resilient cuff are bonded using an adhesive or solvent. Two shallow ribs extend around the tube on the inner edge of each recess, projecting outwardly to prevent the adhesive or solvent spreading onto the inflatable portion of the cuff. The cuff has several shallow ribs extending around the cuff and spaced along its inflatable portion to promote even inflation.