Patent ID: 8186353
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A tracheotomy tube apparatus, comprising: a) a planar sheet member having upper and lower surfaces, at least part of the planar sheet member being flexible so that it can be formed into a tracheal tube shape; b) the planar sheet member having a tapered section with a tip and opposed edges that form an acute angle; c) the sheet member including a flange having an unattached edge opposite the tip and an edge that connects the flange to the tapered section; d) wherein the sheet member occupies a plane in a first, storage position; e) a securement for holding the flange to the neck of a patient in a second, operative position; and f) a fold that enables the flange to form an angle with a surface of the tapered section in the second, operative position.