Patent ID: 8181651

Claim:
A device for clearing a tracheostomy tube, comprising: a squeezable bulb having a first end and a second end, the second end disposed to provide suction to a tracheostomy tube when squeezing pressure is released from said squeezable bulb; a first one-way valve disposed at said first end of said squeezable bulb, to allow air to escape from said squeezable bulb when squeezing pressure is applied to said squeezable bulb; a mucus trap disposed within said squeezable bulb; a plurality of baffles disposed within said mucus trap, to trap mucus and other secretions within said mucus trap; a second one-way valve disposed on said mucus trap and at said second end of said squeezable bulb; and a suction catheter attached to said mucus trap and partially disposed within the tracheostomy tube, wherein mucus and other secretions enter said mucus trap through said suction catheter and said second one-way valve when squeezing pressure is released from said squeezable bulb.