Medico-surgical tubes

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A - Human Necessities

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A61M 16/04 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2056013

It is known to provide a cuffed tracheal tube with a suction lumen that opens outside the tube through an aperture above the cuff, so that secretions that collect in the trachea above the cuff can be removed via the suction lumen. In the present invention the collar at the proximal end of the cuff is everted within the inflatable portion of the cuff so that the collar does not project beyond the inflatable portion. In this way, the suction aperture can be located immediately adajcent the inflatable portion of the cuff so that the greatest amount of secretions can be removed.

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