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US 2022/0054782 A1Published application
Speaking valve protector
AssigneeKapitex Healthcare Limited
InventorsIan David WORTHINGTON, Alexander James BRIERLEY
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Abstract
A shower shield for use with a tracheostoma, having a chamber with a port for connection to a speaking valve or tracheostomy base plate, and a downwardly-facing aperture, and further provided with a resiliently-deformable wall region so that a user's finger pressure on the wall region said region can actuate the speaking valve or occlude a tracheostoma.
Claims5
A shower shield for use with a tracheostoma, said shield comprising a chamber having:
- (a) a port in communication with the interior of said chamber for connection to a tracheostomy speaking valve or tracheostomy base plate;
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- (b) an aperture that may be positioned to face downwards, in use;
- wherein the wall of said chamber opposite said port is provided with a resiliently-deformable region so that a user's finger pressure on said region can cause said region to deform and at least contact a speaking valve or base plate when attached to said port.
1 more element
A shower shield according to claim 3 wherein said elastomeric membrane is co-moulded with a plastics chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.