Surgery – Device for creating a tracheotomy incision
Patent
1991-12-17
1993-03-30
Millin, V.
Surgery
Device for creating a tracheotomy incision
3350145, 33512, 12820026, A61M 1604
Patent
active
051974657
ABSTRACT:
A tool for measuring a tracheotomy stoma for proper fitting of a tracheotomy tube including an integral member having a plurality of legs and a shaft that extend from it, each leg having a free end and a base end secured to other legs, each leg being sufficiently long to extend from the outside of a patient's skin to inside the tracheal passage, each leg being spaced from other legs by at least about 90.degree. or more so as to not interfere with insertion into the tracheotomy stoma, each leg being generally cylindrical over most of its length and having a diameter that corresponds to a tracheal tube diameter and is different than the diameter of other legs, the shaft having a bent end for engaging the inside surface of the tracheal passage and length indicia along its length indicating the distance to the bent end, and a ring sized and shaped to releasably engage the shaft at various positions along said shaft so as to indicate a particular length indicia when pushed up against the patient's skin when the bent end engages the inside surface of a tracheal passage.
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Boston Medical Products, Inc.
Millin V.
Pierce William M.
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