Tracheostoma device holder
AssigneeAtos Medical AB
InventorJan-Ove Persson
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Abstract
A tracheostoma device holder for holding a tracheostoma device superimposed of a tracheostoma of a person is provided. The tracheostoma device holder comprises a rigid plate for attachment over a tracheostoma via a proximal side thereof, the plate being provided with a through hole, and a tubular tracheostoma device fitting, arranged circumferentially of the through hole, the tubular tracheostoma device fitting extending distally from a distal side of the plate. The plate is manufactured in a thermoplastic material, with a melting/softening temperature allowing for molding according to the local anatomic shape of the person through direct contact between the plate and the skin of the person. A method for adaptation of such tracheostoma holding device is also provided.
Claims15
A tracheostoma device holder for holding a tracheostoma device superimposed on a tracheostoma of a person, the tracheostoma device holder comprising:
- a rigid plate for attachment over a tracheostoma via a proximal side thereof, the rigid plate including a through hole;
- a tubular tracheostoma device fitting, arranged circumferentially with the through hole, the tubular tracheostoma device fitting extending distally from a distal side of the rigid plate;
- wherein the rigid plate is comprised of a thermoplastic material having a melting/softening temperature configured to allow for molding of the rigid plate, after placing the rigid plate over the tracheostoma, according to the local anatomic shape of the person through close contact between the rigid plate and the skin of the person, wherein the rigid plate is flat before molding according to the local anatomic shape of the person.
A method for adapting a tracheostoma device holder to neck anatomy of a person,
- comprising:
- heating a rigid plate including a thermoplastic material over a melting temperature of the thermoplastic material, such that the rigid plate becomes compliable and hand moldable;
- applying a proximal side of the rigid plate onto the neck of the person while the rigid plate is flat, such that a through hole formed in the rigid plate is superimposed over a tracheostoma of the person;
- shaping the rigid plate, after the applying of the rigid plate onto the neck, in accordance with the neck anatomy of the person;
- and
- actively or passively cooling the rigid plate below the melting temperature of the thermoplastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.