# US 11,433,204 B2 · Tracheostoma device holder > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,433,204 B2 - Document ID: US11433204B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/075,649 - Filed: 2016-10-27 - Published: 2019-02-14 - Granted: 2022-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-04 - Assignees: Atos Medical AB - Applicants: Atos Medical AB - Inventors: Richard Falkenberg - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11433204B2 ## CPC - A61M 16/047: {Masks, filters, surgical pads, devices for absorbing secretions, specially adapted therefor} - A61M 16/0688: {by means of an adhesive} - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A tracheostoma device holder for holding a tracheostoma aid device superimposed on a tracheostoma of a person is provided. The tracheostoma device holder may comprise a skirt for attachment over a tracheostoma via a skin adhesive proximal side thereof, wherein the skirt is provided with a through hole. The tracheostoma device holder may comprise a tubular tracheostoma device fitting arranged circumferentially of the through hole. The tubular tracheostoma device fitting may comprise a sleeve extending distally from a distal side of the skirt, and an annular lip. The lip may extend proximally and centrally from the sleeve. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tracheostoma coupling system, comprising: a tracheostoma aid device; a tracheostoma device holder for holding the tracheostoma aid device superimposed on a tracheostoma of a person, wherein the tracheostoma device holder comprises: a skirt for attachment over the tracheostoma via a skin adhesive proximal side of the skirt, wherein the skirt is provided with a through hole; a tubular tracheostoma device fitting arranged circumferentially around the through hole, wherein the tubular tracheostoma device fitting comprises a sleeve extending distally from a distal side of the skirt, and an annular lip, the annular lip extending proximally and centrally from the sleeve; wherein the annular lip engages against an outer lateral wall of the tracheostoma aid device to facilitate sealing and retaining of the tracheostoma aid device; and wherein the annular lip extends proximally and centrally from an inner central side wall of the sleeve to form a cavity laterally of the annular lip and between the annular lip and the inner central side wall of the sleeve, such that the outer lateral wall of the tracheostoma aid device is displaced laterally in relation to the tracheostoma device holder during removal of the tracheostoma aid device from the tracheostoma device holder. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 1, wherein the annular lip ends distally of the distal side of the skirt. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 1, wherein the annular lip extends from a distal end zone of the sleeve that includes a distal end of the sleeve. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 1, wherein the skirt comprises a proximal end sheet. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 4, wherein the proximal end sheet comprises a skin adhesive hydrogel or hydrocolloid. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 4, wherein a distal support sheet is provided distally of the proximal end sheet. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 6, wherein the distal support sheet comprises polyurethane. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 6, wherein the annular lip extends from a distal end zone of the sleeve to a free end that ends distally of the distal support sheet. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 1, wherein the tracheostoma device fitting is made of a flexible and resilient material that includes rubber or silicone. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 1, wherein the skirt extends laterally as a flange from the tubular tracheostoma device fitting, in relation to a central axis of the through hole, and the tubular tracheostoma device fitting extends axially and distally from the skirt. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 1, wherein the tracheostoma aid device comprising a tubular body with a central axis, the outer lateral wall, and a heel at a proximal end zone of the tubular body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 11, wherein the heel is continuously annular at the outer lateral wall. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 11, wherein the heel is provided with a distal ledge, extending perpendicularly to the central axis, and wherein a free end of the annular lip is configured to engage against the outer lateral wall distally of the distal ledge of the heel once the heel passes the lip upon insertion of the tracheostoma aid device into the tracheostoma device fitting. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 11, wherein a proximal end surface of the heel is slanted inwardly relative to the central axis towards the through hole. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 1, wherein the outer lateral wall of the tracheostoma aid device has an outer surface that is slanted outwardly relative to the central axis in a distal direction. ### Claim 16 A tracheostoma coupling system, comprising: a tracheostoma aid device including a heel at a proximal end of the tracheostoma aid device; a tracheostoma device holder for holding the tracheostoma aid device superimposed on a tracheostoma of a person, wherein the tracheostoma device holder comprises: a skirt for attachment over the tracheostoma via a skin adhesive proximal side of the skirt, wherein the skirt is provided with a through hole; a tubular tracheostoma device fitting arranged circumferentially around the through hole, wherein the tubular tracheostoma device fitting comprises a sleeve and an annular lip; and wherein the sleeve extends distally from a distal side of the skirt, and the annular lip extends proximally and centrally from an inner central side wall of the sleeve and ends distally of the distal side of the skirt and engages against an outer lateral wall of the tracheostoma aid device to facilitate sealing and retaining of the tracheostoma aid device, and wherein the proximally and centrally extending annular lip forms a cavity laterally of the annular lip and between the annular lip and the inner central side wall of the sleeve, such that the outer lateral wall of the tracheostoma aid device is configured to be displaced laterally in relation to the tracheostoma device holder while the heel interacts with the annular lip during removal of the tracheostoma aid device from the tracheostoma device holder. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 16, wherein the annular lip extends from a distal end zone of the sleeve that includes a distal end of the sleeve. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 16, wherein the skirt comprises a proximal end sheet, and a distal support sheet is provided distally of the proximal end sheet; and wherein the annular lip has a free end that ends distally of the distal support sheet. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 16, wherein the heel is provided with a distal ledge, extending transversely to a central axis of the tracheostoma aid device, and wherein a free end of the annular lip is configured to engage against the outer lateral wall distally of the distal ledge of the heel once the heel passes the lip upon insertion of the tracheostoma aid device into the tracheostoma device fitting. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The tracheostoma coupling system according to claim 19, wherein a proximal end surface of the heel is slanted inwardly relative to the central axis towards the through hole.