Fome-Cuf Tracheostomy Tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1982
label: patent date
content: 1972-02-08
name: label: maker
content: Bivona Surgical Instruments Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Fome-Cuf Tracheostomy Tube, Size: #7-8.0mm I.D. (inner diameter) 11mm O.D. (outer diameter); Lot 11217. Patent US3640282A, published February 8, 1972; invented by Jack M. Kamen and Carolyn J. Wilkinson:
label: Description
content: "Tracheal tube with normally expanded balloon cuff: A tracheal tube for use in intubation of a trachea, and embodying a resilient, yieldable cuff for effecting an air seal between the tube and the trachea. The cuff contains a resilient member, such as a rubber sponge, which resiliently maintains the cuff in an expanded position away from the tube. The cuff may be contracted by means of a vacuum applied thereinto by a secondary tube mounted on the tracheal tube. The cuff in its normal expanded position within the trachea affords a good seal and at the same time prevents injury to the tracheal wall by virtue of its yieldable contact therewith."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Hammond
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bivona Surgical Instruments Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0216.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0216
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0216.01
label: patent number
content: US3640282A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tracheostomy tube
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 15.5575 cm x 11.43 cm