Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
128207290 | DEVICE FOR CREATING A TRACHEOTOMY INCISION | 18 |
20080251083 | Tracheotomy kit and method - A tracheotomy kit has a cutter assembly and an end cap. The cutter assembly includes a cutter head protruding from an end of a cutter housing that has flexible arms that extend from opposite sides of the cutter housing forwardly and outwardly in cantilever fashion to a position forward of a tip of the cutter head. The free ends of the flexible arms have pads for engaging a human throat for performing a tracheotomy. The end cap is detachably fastened to the cutter housing enclosing the cutter head and includes a flat elongate tongue for spreading the tracheotomy incision. | 10-16-2008 |
20080257359 | Apparatus And Related Method For Providing A Passage Into The Body - An apparatus and method for providing a passage into the body for use in, among other things, medical procedures, including tracheostomies and cricothyroidectomies is described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus for providing a passage into the body includes a first slider unit and a second slider unit operably connected to a slider track for retractable deployment of a scalpel and a tissue spreader attached respectively thereto, and for the auto-retraction of the scalpel due to movement of the second slider unit. | 10-23-2008 |
20080295848 | Device and Method for Tracheotomy | 12-04-2008 |
20090159086 | CRICOTHYROTOMY DEVICE - A cricothyrotomy syringe has a hollow body, a needle connector at an end of the body, an aperture at an opposite end of the body, a plunger in the aperture, the plunger having a seal that forms a liquid tight seal with an inner surface of the body and the plunger moveable within the body between an extended position and a compressed position and a ventilator adaptor extending from a side of the body, where an interior of the ventilator adaptor is in fluid communication with an interior of the body when the plunger is in the extended position. | 06-25-2009 |
20090159087 | TRACHEOSTOMY DEVICE - A curved tube having a proximal end, designed to allow insertion of tools and including a lip to prevent the tube from slipping out of a conventional tracheostomy tube, is provided herein. The curved tube also has a distal end that is pointed, sharpened, and beveled upwards. The distal end of the device is useful for cutting the throat and trachea of a patient in need of a tracheostomy, allowing the insertion of the device into the trachea of the patient. The proximal end of the device includes tubes of successively increasing size. Methods of performing a tracheostomy using the device are also provided herein. | 06-25-2009 |
20090320854 | Easy Grip Tapered Dilator - There is provided a device for performing a tracheotomy. The tracheostomy dilator has a body and a tip which are detachably attached. The dilator has a cannula sized to accommodate a guiding catheter. The tip has a proximal inner portion which is within the body while the tip is attached to the body. After the trachea has been dilated, the body may be detached from the tip and removed and a tracheostomy tube may be inserted over the inner portion of the tip. The tip then may serve to guide a tracheostomy tube into the trachea. After the tracheostomy tube is installed, the tip and other components may be withdrawn through the tracheostomy tube and the tracheostomy tube placed in service. | 12-31-2009 |
20100089405 | COMBINATION TRACHEAL HOOK AND SURGICAL BLADE - An embodiment of the invention provides a surgical tool including a handle having a channel, a tracheal hook connected to the handle, and a scalpel positioned in the channel of the handle. The tracheal hook and/or the scalpel are removably attached to the handle. The channel includes at least one first fastener (e.g., a recess); and, the scalpel includes at least one complementary second fastener (e.g., a protrusion) for engaging the first fastener. The scalpel and/or handle include a light source. The tracheal hook and/or the handle are formed from translucent material. In addition, a wire is provided having a first end connected to the handle and a second end connected to the tracheal hook. The surgical tool further includes at least one cap having a first open end, a second open end, and at least one lateral fenestration. | 04-15-2010 |
20100300451 | Punch Dilator - There is provided a device for performing an initial piercing and dilating of a patient's trachea. The device has a needle within and extending beyond a sheath which in turn is within and extends beyond an introducer dilator. After the needle is used to pierce the trachea, it may be removed and a guide wire (J-wire) inserted through the introducer dilator and sheath in its place. The sheath is slidable within the introducer dilator once the needle is removed. The introducer dilator is then moved forward, into the site of the initial piercing to expand it. As the introducer dilator is moved forward, the sheath may remain stationary, sliding within the introducer dilator and thus reducing trauma to the stoma site. | 12-02-2010 |
20100319705 | MULTIPLE CANNULA SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The preferred embodiments provide, e.g., a high quality flexible tracheostomy tube assembly including an outer tracheostomy cannula and a disposable, flexible inner cannula. In preferred embodiments, the product provides a single patient use, sterile device. | 12-23-2010 |
20120017916 | Dilator With Integrated Guiding Catheter - There is provided a device for performing a tracheotomy. The tracheostomy dilator has a body, tip and guiding catheter which are non-detachably attached to each other. The dilator has a cannula sized to accommodate a guide wire. After the trachea has been dilated, the entire device may be removed, leaving only the guide wire in the stoma, and a tracheostomy tube may be inserted over the guide wire and into the trachea. This substantially reduces the number of components and steps required for a successful tracheostomy procedure. | 01-26-2012 |
20120090623 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRACHEOTOMY - A device for facilitating tracheotomy includes a first branch ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120138064 | DILATOR ASSEMBLY, A DEVICE FOR FACILITATING TRACHEOSTOMY AND METHODS OF MAKING A PERCUTANEOUS TRACHEOSTOMA - A dilator assembly for percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy includes a dilator element having a wall and a proximal end part extending into a distal tip part via an intermediate part. The wall has a substantially U-shaped cross section defining a dilator opening. The assembly extends towards the distal tip part. The dilator assembly is part of a tracheostomy device. The device has a first branch for arranging inside the trachea, and a second branch co-operative with the first branch. The first branch has a first end and a receiving member while the opposing second end has a first coupling part. The second branch has a first end with a guide for a neck penetration member and an opposing second end with a second coupling part for coupling with the first coupling part of the first branch. The first and second branches are detachably coupled together at their respective second ends. | 06-07-2012 |
20120318275 | PERFORATOR AND ASSEMBLY FOR PERFORATING AND PROVIDING AN OPENING - A hole stabilizer used together with a perforator for providing and maintaining an opening through a patient's skin surface provides short or long-term external access to the patient's trachea or bloodstream. A hole stabilizer constitutes a passageway for fluid having a part formed as a tube having a first end positioned at an outer available position during use and a second end positioned at an inner non-available position during use and comprising fixing elements at two separated positions placed with the distance M between them in a use position. Further, the hole stabilizer comprises an inner layer constituting a tube and an outer layer constituting the fixing elements, which fixing elements are brought to expand diametrically when the outer layer is reduced in length relative to the inner layer. Methods of creating and maintaining a passageway from outside an air-filled cavity to the air-filled cavity are disclosed. | 12-20-2012 |
20130255694 | PERCUTANEOUS DILATATIONAL DEVICE - The present invention relates to a medical device for performing surgery in the body using a percutaneous dilatational procedure, one embodiment of which is a percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) device having a dilator with a non-uniform surface profile that is optimized to the relevant anatomy in order to reduce, uniformly distribute, and ensure uniform, or constant temporal derivative of, dilatational force throughout dilation. This serves to reduce trauma to the patient, specifically producing a reduction of anterior tracheal wall compression, posterior wall laceration/perforation, and tracheal ring fracture that may subsequently lead to subglottic suprastomal stenosis. | 10-03-2013 |
20130269704 | MULTIPLE CANNULA SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The preferred embodiments provide, e.g., a high quality flexible tracheostomy tube assembly including an outer tracheostomy cannula and a disposable, flexible inner cannula. In preferred embodiments, the product provides a single patient use, sterile device. | 10-17-2013 |
20140000627 | PERCUTANEOUS ACCESS DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140174449 | EVERTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRACHEOSTOMY - An integrated device and improved method for tracheostomy which includes the placement of an everted film sheath into a patent's trachea, through which the tracheal tube is inserted. | 06-26-2014 |
20140196724 | TRACHEAL DILATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A tracheal dilator system and method of manufacture are provided, suitable for dilating a passageway into a patient airway. In one embodiment, a medical system having a tracheal dilator is provided. The tracheal dilator includes a first plurality of openings and a guide lumen configured to provide a pathway for the insertion of a guide wire during use of the tracheal dilator. The tracheal dilator further includes a first flow lumen configured to fluidly couple the first plurality of openings to a medical device, wherein the medical device is configured to provide a suctioning force through the first plurality of openings during use of the tracheal dilator. | 07-17-2014 |