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US 12,702,778 B2Granted
Tracheostoma device holder
AssigneeColoplast A/S
InventorsMaarten Jan Antony van Alphen, Maartje Leemans, Edsko Evert Geert Hekman, Richard Dirven
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Abstract
A tracheostoma device holder (10) for holding a tracheostoma device to a tracheostoma of a person is provided. The tracheostoma device holder (10) comprises a head portion (50) for engaging with a tracheostoma device and a fixation portion (20) for fixating the tracheostoma device holder (10) to the tracheostoma of the person. At least a portion of the fixation portion (20) is provided with a deformable material (60).
Claims20
A tracheostoma device holder comprising:
- a head portion comprising a distal end of the tracheostoma device holder, with the head portion provided with a distal opening formed in the distal end of the tracheostoma device holder and sized to receive and retain a tracheostoma device insertable into the distal opening;
- a fixation portion connected to and extending in a proximal direction from the head portion to a proximal end of the tracheostoma device holder, with a proximal end of the fixation portion provided with a proximal opening;
- a lumen formed through the tracheostoma device holder extending from the distal opening of the head portion to the proximal opening of the fixation portion;
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- a seal disposed on an exterior surface of the fixation portion, where the seal is a hydrophilic foam adapted to expand when exposed to moisture;
- wherein the fixation portion and the seal are insertable together into a tracheostoma such that the seal is adapted to attract moisture present in exhaled air and mucus expand to fixate the tracheostoma device holder to tissue of the tracheostoma.
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A tracheostoma device holder comprising:
- a head portion having an opening sized to retain a tracheostoma device;
- a fixation portion integrated as a monolithic unit with the head portion, where the fixation portion has a first diameter and the head portion has a second diameter, and the second diameter is larger than the first diameter;
- a radially expanded portion attached between the first diameter of the fixation portion and the second diameter of the head portion;
- a lumen formed through the tracheostoma device holder from the head portion through the fixation portion;
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- a seal disposed around an exterior surface of the fixation portion and around a portion of the radially expanded portion;
- wherein the seal is formed of a hydrophilic foam such that when the fixation portion with the seal is inserted into the tracheostoma, the seal attracts moisture from air and mucus in a tracheostoma environment and expands to provide intratracheal fixation that fixates the tracheostoma device holder to tissue of a tracheostoma.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.