Patent ID: 8347880

Claim:
A pneumostoma management device adapted to allow gases to exit a lung through a pneumostoma in a chest of a patient, wherein the pneumostoma management device comprises; a tube adapted to be inserted into the chest through the pneumostoma, the tube having a lumen, a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the tube having at least one opening adapted to admit gases from the lung; a flange connected to the proximal end of the tube such that an opening in the flange connects to the lumen of the tube, the flange projecting a sufficient distance from the tube to preclude passage of flange into the pneumostoma; a filter disposed over the opening in the flange and secured to one of the flange and tube such that gases passing into and out of the lumen of the tube pass through the filter; and one or more secretion management features adapted to trap non-gaseous discharge within the pneumostoma management device.