Abstract: A device for sealing a tracheostoma in a patient includes a seal member for insertion through the tracheostoma to a trachea. The seal member includes a disc having a predetermined line of weakness. In a first configuration, the seal member forms a seal by being pulled against the tracheostoma. In a second configuration, the seal member is removed from the trachea through the tracheostoma by breaking along the line of weakness.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 9, 2020
Date of Patent:
August 29, 2023
Assignee:
Intracair IVS
Inventors:
Karen Juelsgaard Christiansen, Krister Just Kristensen, Henrik Neuschäfer Larsen
Abstract: A device for sealing a tracheostoma in a patient includes a seal member for insertion through the tracheostoma to a trachea. The seal member includes a disc having a predetermined line of weakness. In a first configuration, the seal member forms a seal by being pulled against the tracheostoma. In a second configuration, the seal member is removed from the trachea through the tracheostoma by breaking along the line of weakness.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 30, 2015
Date of Patent:
July 14, 2020
Assignee:
Intracair IVS
Inventors:
Karen Juelsgaard Christiansen, Krister Just Kristensen, Henrik Neuschäfer Larsen
Abstract: A device for sealing a tracheostoma in a patient, comprising a seal member for insertion through the tracheostoma to the trachea, which in a first configuration can form a seal by being pulled against the tracheostoma, and which in a second configuration can be removed from the trachea through the tracheostoma. Preferably, the seal member comprises a disc having a predetermined line of weakness, and a first thread attached to the disc, wherein the disc can be broken along the predetermined line of weakness by pulling the thread. There is also disclosed a kit comprising the device and an external cover, a method of constructing the device, and a method of sealing a tracheostoma in a patient, comprising inserting the sealing member through the tracheostoma into the patient's trachea, and pulling the sealing member to form a seal against the tracheostoma.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 30, 2015
Publication date:
May 18, 2017
Applicant:
Intracair IVS
Inventors:
Karen Juelsgaard Christiansen, Krister Just Kristensen, Henrik Neuschäfer Larsen