Catheter for inserting a voice prosthesis

A catheter and voice prosthesis assembly, comprising:

• an elongated flexible body;
• an a hollow voice prosthesis tubing fixedly attached on a first end of said elongated flexible body;
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• a voice prosthesis having an interior esophageal flange at a first end and an exterior tracheal flange at a second end, said voice prosthesis being received in said hollow voice prosthesis tubing with said interior esophageal flange within the hollow voice prosthesis tubing and said exterior tracheal flange being disposed exterior to said hollow voice prosthesis tubing, wherein said first end of said elongated flexible body has a first diameter and said second end of said elongated flexible body has a second diameter smaller than said first diameter and including a tapered section disposed between said first and second ends.

A catheter and voice prosthesis assembly, comprising:

• an elongated flexible body;
• a hollow voice prosthesis tubing fixedly attached on a first end of said elongated flexible body;
• and
• a voice prosthesis having an interior esophageal flange at a first end and an exterior tracheal flange at a second end, said voice prosthesis being received in said hollow voice prosthesis tubing with said interior esophageal flange within the hollow voice prosthesis tubing and said exterior tracheal flange being disposed exterior to said hollow voice prosthesis tubing, wherein said elongated flexible body includes a plurality of measuring indicia thereon.

A catheter and voice prosthesis assembly, comprising:

• a hollow elongated flexible body;
• a hollow voice prosthesis tubing fixedly attached on a first end of said hollow elongated flexible body, said elongated flexible body and said voice prosthesis tubing each being hollow along an entire length thereof;
• and
• a voice prosthesis having an interior esophageal flange at a first end and an exterior tracheal flange at a second end, said voice prosthesis being received in said hollow voice prosthesis tubing with said interior esophageal flange within the hollow voice prosthesis tubing and said exterior tracheal flange being disposed exterior to said hollow voice prosthesis tubing.