Patent ID: 8573220

Claim:
A device for facilitating tracheotomy or carrying out a fistula through the tracheaoesophagal wall, comprising: a first branch, adapted to be introduced into the trachea or oesophagus of a patient through the mouth of the patient, such that the distal end thereof is located below the larynx when said first branch is introduced in the trachea, and includes a rounded tip, and a second branch, adapted to be arranged at the outside of the neck with the distal end thereof located adjacent to a site that is intended for a tracheostoma or a fistula, wherein the first and second branches are curved toward each other from the distal ends of the first and second branches to where the first and second branches are joined, and the end of one of the branches comprises a guiding means for a sharp object, and the end of the other branch comprises a receiving means, and wherein the first branch and the second branch are joined to each other in such a manner that the guiding means is oriented towards the receiving means, whereby, when the sharp object penetrates the skin and tracheal wall or tracheaoesophagal wall in order to carry out the tracheostoma or fistula, the sharp object is directed towards the receiving means.