Anatomical simulator and method for tracheostomy tube placement
US5846087A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B23/285
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An anatomical simulator useful in training proper tracheostomy and nasogastric tube placement and tracheostomy tube cuff inflation is disclosed. The simulator includes a simulated trachea and simulated esophagus separated by a simulated tracheoesophageal wall. The simulated wall is flexible, such that when a tracheostomy tube is positioned therein and a cuff thereon is overinflated, the wall extends outwardly in the direction of the simulated esophagus.
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