Static tracheostomy tube

A static tracheostomy tube for use in the trachea of respiratory patients, comprising:

• a flexible tube means, said flexible tube means having a first end and a second end, said flexible tube means having a first passageway therethrough, said flexible tube means being inserted into a trachea of a respiratory patient thereby defining a second passageway therebetween,
• an inflatable cuff means, said inflatable cuff means encircling the outside of said flexible tube means, said inflatable cuff means being spaced from said first end of said flexible tube means and being affixed thereto, said inflatable cuff means having a plurality of interfacing flutes, said flutes having a configuration of corrugated-like convoluted rings located around said inflatable cuff means, said corrugated-like convoluted rings being adjacent to each other in interface, said corrugated-like convoluted rings forming said flutes and providing a flexibility to prevent kinking, said inflatable cuff means having a plurality of constricting bands, said constricting bands being located around said inflatable cuff means, each of said constricting bands being located in the crease of a pair of adjoining and adjacent interfacing flutes;
• an inflating means, said inflating means being connected to said inflatable cuff means and communicating internally therewith, said inflatable cuff means being capable of closing said second passageway in said trachea, of said respiratory patient, into which it is inserted and subsequently inflated by said inflating means;
• an obturator means, said obturator means being malleable yet rigid, said obturator means being removably insertable in and through said first passageway in said flexible tube means;
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• locking means capable of being removably closed around the outside of said flexible tube means and non-destructably and releasably locking thereto at any point thereon in association with said respiratory patient.