Tracheostoma valve
AssigneesAcademisch Ziekenhuis Groningen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
InventorsEduard Berend van der Houwen, Gijsbertus Jacobus Verkerke, Bernandus Franciscus Augustinus Maria van der Laan
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AssigneesAcademisch Ziekenhuis Groningen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
InventorsEduard Berend van der Houwen, Gijsbertus Jacobus Verkerke, Bernandus Franciscus Augustinus Maria van der Laan
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A tracheostoma valve (1) comprises a main air passage structure provided with a main valve arrangement. The tracheostoma valve is switchable in response to a spurt of inhalation air from a breathing condition into a speaking condition, while the tracheostoma valve is switchable in response to a spurt of exhalation air from said speaking condition into said breathing condition. The main valve arrangement comprises an at least partly flexible bistable wall portion which has a circumferential bordering edge. At least part of the bordering edge forms a hinging means around which the bistable wall portion is hingeable between a first stable position in which an orifice of the main air passage structure is being blocked, and a second stable position in which said orifice is released.
Tracheostoma valve comprising a main air passage structure provided with a main valve arrangement, wherein the tracheostoma valve is switchable in response to a spurt of inhalation air from a breathing condition, in which the main valve arrangement is in an open position allowing air inhalation and exhalation via the main air passage structure, into a speaking condition, in which the main valve arrangement is in a closed position preventing at least air exhalation via the main air passage structure, while the tracheostoma valve is switchable in response to a spurt of exhalation air from said speaking condition into said breathing condition, wherein the main valve arrangement comprises an at least partly flexible bistable wall portion which has a circumferential bordering edge, wherein at least part of the circumferential bordering edge forms a hinge around which the bistable wall portion is hingeable between a first stable position in which said closed position of the main valve arrangement is attained in that an orifice of the main air passage structure is being blocked, and a second stable position in which said open position of the main valve arrangement is attained in that said orifice is released.
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