# US 9,433,739 B2 · Inner type tracheostomy tube

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- Number: US 9,433,739 B2
- Document ID: US9433739B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/912,343
- Filed: 2013-06-07
- Published: 2013-10-17
- Granted: 2016-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2010-10-07
- Assignees: Vitaltec Corporation
- Applicants: Vitaltec Corporation
- Inventors: Ti-Li Chang; Sheng-Yu Chiu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9433739B2

## CPC

- A61M 16/0488: {Mouthpieces; Means for guiding, securing or introducing the tubes (guiding or introducing with laryngoscopes A61B1/267; holding devices on the body A61M25/02)}
- A61M 16/0427: {with removable and re-insertable liner tubes, e.g. for cleaning}
- A61M 16/0465: {Tracheostomy tubes; Devices for performing a tracheostomy; Accessories therefor, e.g. masks, filters}
- A61M 16/0497: {Tube stabilizer}
- A61M 16/0434: {Cuffs}
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

## Abstract

An inner type tracheostomy tube has an outer tube and an inner cannula. The outer tube has an airway tube, an inflatable cuff and an inflating tube. The inner cannula is connected to the outer tube and has an inner tube, a disk segment, a connecting mount and a connector. The connecting mount is soft and bendable, is securely mounted around the disk segment and has a bottom end, a top end and a flange coat. The bottom end is securely mounted around the disk segment and has an inner surface and an air gap formed between the inner surface of the bottom end of the connecting mount and the disk segment. The connector is securely mounted around the top end of the connecting mount and has a bottom end and a flange formed around the bottom end of the connector and enclosed by the flange coat.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An inner type tracheostomy tube comprising
an outer tube having
an airway tube having
an inner end;
an outer end; and
an external surface;
an inflatable cuff mounted around the external surface at the inner end of the airway tube;
an inflating tube connected to and communicating with the inflatable cuff to inflate or deflate the inflatable cuff;
an inner cannula detachably connected to the outer tube and having
an inner tube mounted in the airway tube of the outer tube and having
an inner end mounted in the airway tube at the inner end of the airway tube;
an outer end; and
an external surface;
a disk segment being annular, formed on the external surface of the inner tube at the outer end of the inner tube and having an external surface and an inner surface;
a connecting mount being bendable, mounted around the disk segment and having
a bottom end mounted around the disk segment, abutting the external surface of the disk segment and having an inner surface and an annular air gap formed between the inner surface of the bottom end of the connecting mount and the disk segment;
an extension segment formed on and protruding from the inner surface of the bottom end, inserted into the disk segment and abutting the inner surface of the disk segment to mount the disk segment between the bottom end and the extension segment;
a top end;
a middle segment formed between the bottom end and the top end and having a diameter smaller than that of the bottom end and the top end of the connecting mount; and
a flange coat formed on the top end of the connecting mount; and
a connector mounted around the top end of the connecting mount and having
a bottom end; and
a flange formed around the bottom end of the connector and enclosed by the flange coat on the connecting mount.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The inner type tracheostomy tube as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the outer tube further has
a neck mount mounted around the external surface of the airway tube at the outer end of the airway tube and having
a top; and
two sides; and
a holding mount formed on the neck mount around the outer end of the airway tube and having
a holding ring formed on the top of the neck mount around the outer end of the airway tube and having
an external surface; and
a top; and
two holding arms formed oppositely on the external surface of the holding ring and protruding from the top of the holding ring, and each holding arm having
a bottom formed on the external surface of the holding ring;
a top extending above the top of the holding ring;
an inner face; and
a holding recess formed in the inner face of the holding arm between the top of the holding ring and the holding arm and having a shape and a width; and
the inner cannula further has
two locking tabs formed on an external surface of the disk segment from a bottom of the disk segment and protruding from a top of the disk segment and respectively connected to the holding arms of the holding mount, and each locking tab having
a shape corresponding to a shape of the holding recess in a corresponding holding arm;
a lower end;
an upper end;
a middle;
a locking portion formed on the lower end of the locking tab, formed on the external surface of the disk segment and securely mounted in the holding recess of the corresponding holding arm and having a width; and
a pressing button formed on the upper end of the locking tab above the corresponding holding arm; and
the bottom of the disk segment abuts the top of the holding ring.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The inner type tracheostomy tube as claimed in claim 2, wherein
the holding recess of each of the two holding arms is rectangular;
each holding arm has an opening formed through the top of the holding arm, communicating with the holding recess of the holding arm and having a width smaller than the width of the holding recess of the holding arm;
each locking tab has a neck portion formed on the middle of the locking tab, is connected with the locking portion of the locking tab and extending out of the opening of the corresponding holding arm and having a width smaller than the width of the locking portion of the locking tab; and
the pressing button of each of the two locking tabs is connected with a corresponding neck portion above the opening of a corresponding holding arm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The inner type tracheostomy tube as claimed in claim 3, wherein
the neck mount is an annular board and has two neck plates being elongated and respectively formed on and protruding from the sides of the neck mount; and
the bottoms of the holding arms respectively abut the neck plates of the neck mount.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The inner type tracheostomy tube as claimed in claim 2, wherein
the neck mount is an annular board and has two neck plates being elongated and respectively formed on and protruding from the sides of the neck mount; and
the bottoms of the holding arms respectively abut the neck plates of the neck mount.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The inner type tracheostomy tube as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connector has an inner surface being flush with the inner surface of the connecting mount.

### Claim 7

A cannula comprising
a tube having
an inner end;
an outer end; and
an external surface;
a disk segment being annular, formed on the external surface of the tube at the outer end of the tube and having an external surface and an inner surface;
a connecting mount being bendable, mounted around the disk segment and having
a bottom end mounted around the disk segment, abutting the external surface of the disk segment and having an inner surface and an annular air gap formed between the inner surface of the bottom end of the connecting mount and the disk segment;
an extension segment formed on and protruding from the inner surface of the bottom end, inserted into the disk segment and abutting the inner surface of the disk segment to mount the disk segment between the bottom end and the extension segment;
a top end;
a middle segment formed between the bottom end and the top end and having a diameter smaller than that of the bottom end and the top end of the connecting mount; and
a flange coat formed on the top end of the connecting mount; and
a connector mounted around the top end of the connecting mount and having
a bottom end; and
a flange formed around the bottom end of the connector and enclosed by the flange coat on the connecting mount.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The cannula as claimed in claim 7, wherein the connector has an inner surface being flush with the inner surface of the connecting mount.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The cannula as claimed in claim 7, wherein the connecting mount is separately formed from the disk material and of a material softer than that of the disk segment, wherein the external and inner surfaces extend axially with the external surface having a greater radial extent than the inner surface, with the air gap having a radial extent less than the external surface; wherein the connector is separately formed from the connecting mount, and wherein the flange coat includes a radially extending annular portion integrally extending outwardly from the top end, an axially extending annular portion integrally extending from an outer edge of the radial extending annular portion, and a lip radially extending inward from the axially extending annular portion opposite to the axially extending annular portion and towards but spaced from the top end, with the flange located axially between the radially extending annular portion and the lip and the bottom end of the connector located intermediate the top end of the connecting mount and the lip.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The cannula as claimed in claim 9, wherein the extension segment includes an annular wall formed on and protruding upward from the top end of the connecting mount; wherein the connector includes an annular groove defined in the bottom end of the connector; wherein the annular wall of the connecting mount extends into the annular groove of the connector; and wherein the connecting mount is bendable.