Insert for tracheostomy tube neck straps
AssigneeTracoe Medical GmbH
InventorWilliam Allen Depel
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Abstract
A tracheal tube arrangement includes at least one neck strap including, a deformable material. The tracheal tube arrangement further includes at least one reinforcing member integrated into the neck strap. The reinforcing member includes a first opening for receiving a tie. The reinforcing member further includes at least one reinforcement opening for receiving a portion of the deformable material for bonding the reinforcing member to the neck strap. A method of providing a tracheal tube arrangement that has at least one neck strap is also provided.
Claims20
A tracheal tube arrangement including:
- at least one neck strap with a portion supporting a tracheal tube for extending the tracheal tube into a trachea of a patient and for preventing the tracheal tube from completely extending into the trachea, the at least one neck strap including a deformable material;
- and
- at least one reinforcing member integrated into the neck strap, the reinforcing member including a first opening for receiving a tie, the reinforcing member further including, at least one reinforcement opening configured to receive a portion of the deformable material for bonding the reinforcing member to the neck strap.
A tracheal tube arrangement including:
- at least one neck strap with a portion supporting a tracheal tube for extending the tracheal tube into a trachea of a patient, the at least one neck strap including a deformable material, the neck strap including an elongated body portion extending between opposing ends;
- and
- at least one reinforcing member integrated into one of the ends of the neck strap, the reinforcing member including a rigid material having a first opening extending through the at least one neck strap for receiving a tie, the reinforcing, member further including at least one reinforcement opening configured to receive a portion of the deformable material for bonding the reinforcing member to the neck strap.
A method of providing a tracheal tube arrangement that has at least one neck strap, the method including the steps of:
- providing the neck strap to support a tracheal tube for extending the tracheal tube into a trachea of a patient, the at least one neck strap including at least a deformable material;
- providing at least one reinforcing member integrated into the neck strap;
- and
- providing the reinforcing member to have at least one opening for receiving a tie.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.