Patent ID: 6047699
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: A61M,Y10S

Abstract:
A ventilator and tracheostomy holder device, comprising:(a) a main attachment body including(i) a central panel having opposite ends and opposite sides,(ii) a pair of first connection members laterally spaced apart from one another along and attached to and extending in first directions from one of said opposite ends of said central panel and disposed adjacent to said opposite sides thereof, each of said first connection members having an end,(iii) a pair of second connection members laterally spaced apart from one another along and attached to and extending in second directions opposite said first directions from the other of said opposite ends of said central panel and disposed adjacent to said opposite sides thereof, each of said second connection members having an end, and(iv) means for fastening said ends of said first and second connection members to one another such that said main attachment body will wrap around a ventilator circuit component and be held in place by said fastening means; and(b) at least one attachment tab member including(i) opposite first and second ends, said first end being mounted to said central panel of said main attachment body and extending along said connection members of one of said pairs thereof, and(ii) means for fastening said second end of said attachment tab member to a portion of said attachment tab member such that said attachment tab member may be inserted through a slot in and extended around a side of a plate of a tracheostomy assembly and fastened onto itself so that it may be hold the tracheostomy assembly plate in place in relation to the ventilator circuit component.