Phonatory implant

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A - Human Necessities

61

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A61F 2/20 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2623325

The invention concerns a phonatory implant (1) consisting of a central portion (3) forming a hollow cylindrical body having at each of its ends a lateral portion (5, 7) forming a shoulder or flange, said implant (1) being urged to be positioned in an orifice or fistula running through the tracheo-esophageal wall (9), each lateral portion (5, 7) abutting respectively at the inner surfaces of the walls of the trachea (13) and of the esophagus (11) so as to maintain the implant (1) in position, said phonatory implant (1) consisting of at least two parts (A, B), at least one of the two parts being called mobile part (B), and each lateral portion (5, 7) being arranged on a different part of the implant (1) so as to enable the implant to be inserted through an orifice of reduced size corresponding to the diameter of the central portion.

Implant phonatoire (1) constitué d'une portion centrale (3) formant corps cylindrique creux présentant au niveau de chacune de ses extrémités une portion latérale (5, 7) formant épaulement ou collerette, ledit implant (1) venant se positionner dans un orifice ou fistule traversant de part en part la paroi trachéo-oesophagienne (9), chaque portion latérale (5, 7) venant en butée au niveau respectivement des faces internes des parois de la trachée (13) et de l'AEsophage (11) afin de maintenir l'implant (1) en place, ledit implant phonatoire (1) étant composé d'au moins deux parties (A, B), l'une au moins des deux parties étant dite partie mobile (B), et chaque portion latérale (5, 7) étant disposée sur une partie différente de l'implant (1) de manière à permettre l'insertion de l'implant par un orifice de taille réduite correspondant au diamètre de la portion centrale.

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