252 results about "Tracheotomy" patented technology

An endoscope, comprising an elongated tubular shaft for introducing into a body of a patient, the shaft having a longitudinal axis and a distal end, and further having an opening the distal end. A light guide is arranged along the shaft and has a light-emitting distal end, the light-emitting distal end being arranged in the area of the opening of the shaft in order to radiate light from the opening.

A flexible connector couples the inlet end of a tracheotomy tube inner cannula to an outlet port of an in-line catheter. The catheter exit end of the connector is adapted to be serially coupled in pneumatic communication with the inlet end of the tracheotomy tube inner cannula and also to guide the downstream tip of the catheter into the inlet end of the inner cannula in response to pushing of the catheter upstream of the catheter outlet port. Thus, the in-line catheter can be inserted into the tracheotomy tube inner cannula with little likelihood of having to compress or “flip” the connector or disconnect the connector from the tracheotomy tube and the patient from the ventilator circuit.

A tracheotomy tube apparatus includes an outer cannula having first and second ends, and a fenestration along the length of the outer cannula between the first and second ends. The apparatus further includes a first inner cannula sized for insertion into the outer cannula. The first inner cannula has a raised region substantially to close the fenestration when the first inner cannula is inserted into the outer cannula. The apparatus further comprises a second inner cannula for insertion into the outer cannula when the first inner cannula is removed therefrom. The second inner cannula includes a resilient region which lies adjacent the fenestration when the second inner cannula is properly oriented within the outer cannula, a valve at an end thereof and a region between the resilient region and the end thereof which provides a passageway between the second inner cannula and the outer cannula when the second inner cannula is properly oriented within the outer cannula. A first coupler is provided on an outer end of the outer cannula. Second couplers are provided on outer ends of the first and second inner cannulae. The first and second couplers are provided with means for guiding the first and second inner cannulae into the predetermined orientations with respect to the outer cannula. The outer cannula further comprises an inflatable cuff formed by a sleeve including a first end, a second end, and a third region between the first and second ends. The sleeve is located around the outer cannula with at least one of the first and second ends of the sleeve between the outer cannula and the third region of the sleeve. The outer cannula further comprises a conduit extending from a first end of the outer cannula to the cuff for introducing an inflating fluid into the cuff when it is desired to inflate the cuff and removing inflating fluid from the cuff when it is desired to deflate the cuff. The first inner cannula includes a second conduit to evacuate a region of a trachea of a wearer adjacent the cuff. The second conduit includes an opening which lies adjacent the closest point in the fenestration to the cuff when the first inner cannula is in a use orientation in the outer cannula.

A coupling for connecting an air supply to a respiratory support device has a latching mechanism which prevents the coupling from inadvertently axially displacing from the respiratory support device after they have been mated in a pneumatically discrete path. Non-axial forces are used to disengage the coupling from the respiratory support device. The coupling may include a trailing end adapter which permits rotation of the coupling relative to the air supply rather than to the respiratory support device.