A speaking valve adapter is disclosed for assisting with speech or language expression during the respiratory recovery of a human. The speaking valve adapter including a speaking valve port, the port being orthogonal to a first interface port, the first interface port adapted to support tracheostomy or endotracheal tubing, a second interface port adapted to support at least one of a suction tubing and a bronchoscopy tubing, and a third interface port adapted to support a connection to a ventilator. The speaking valve adapter may be used by the patient for introduction of at least one of sounds and words while connected to the ventilator. A corresponding respiratory management system which implements the speaking valve adapter and configurable ventilator settings adapted for assisting with more effective speech or language expression during patient recovery or use, is also disclosed.

A tracheostoma device holder for holding a tracheostoma device superimposed of a tracheostoma of a person. The tracheostoma device holder may include a plate and a tracheostoma device fitting. The plate may be configured for attachment over a tracheostoma via a proximal side thereof. The plate may include a through hole. The tracheostoma device fitting may include a through passage arranged superimposed the through hole. The tracheostoma device fitting may extend distally from the plate. The plate may further include a disc of a thermoplastic material and a plate material arranged at least laterally of the disc. The plate material may have a melting point different from a melting point of the disc.

A heat and moisture exchanger device (HME) mounted on an end of a tracheotomy tube. The heat moisture exchange device has, in parallel with reticulated polyurethane foam filter, an N95 filter material that is customized in a wafer shape so that to precisely fits inside the housing of the HME, with a good seal and avoiding air leakage. Airflow is redirected inside the HME in a turbulent fashion, replicating Brownian Motion and the phenomena of Impaction, Interception, and Diffusion that are typically found in a HEPA filter, and enhancing filtration of air that is breathed by tracheotomized patients, hence protecting these patients from inhaling airborne germs and viruses, including COVID 19.

The embodied invention is a new inspiration/expiration ventilator flow design, with a constant inspiration flow and intermittent-concurrent expiratory flow based on lung pressure setpoints. This mode is possible by using a new dual lumen tube inserted into a patient Trachea. Additionally, the control provides support for patient initiated breathing which is initiated by a lung pressure drop. This control provides continuous and gentle recruitment of lung alveoli.

A speech valve to be connected to a respiration opening of a tracheostomy tube includes: a passage portion communicating with the respiration opening; a balloon disposed within the passage portion, and configured to deform from a shrink state, in which the passage portion is opened, to a bloat state, in which at least a part of the passage portion is closed so as to inhibit discharging of exhaled air through the passage portion; an automatic pump switching between supplying and stopping in accordance with an operation of an operation unit, and continuously supplying air to the balloon when supplying; and a coupling tube connecting the automatic pump and the balloon.

A tracheal tube (e.g., an endotracheal tube) includes an inserting cannula (that may be able to swivel), and wherein the inserting cannula is connected to an elbow adaptor through a Bayonet Neill-Concelman (BNC) connection. The BNC connection may provide more secure connection of the corresponding components and may be able to withstand greater amounts of force exerted on them without becoming detached from each other. The elbow adapter may further be coupled to a pressure release valve that will alleviate pressure buildup within the tracheal tube.

A tubular applicator is releasably connected at a first end to the collar of an adhesive peristomal baseplate to assist the user in positioning the baseplate around a tracheostoma on the user's neck, where the applicator defines an internal flowpath which is placed in fluid communication with the tracheostoma via the collar of the baseplate, and the flowpath opens outwardly via at least one outer aperture in the applicator, and where the at least one outer aperture has a total section area greater than a first section area of the flowpath at the first end of the applicator.

A negative pressure surgical apparatus. The apparatus includes a mask configured to cover a portion of the face of a patient and including a first port and an instrument port. The first port is configured to draw negative pressure from between the mask and the face of the patient. The instrument port is configured to receive a medical instrument therethrough and form a seal therewith. The instrument port is positioned on the mask so as to permit surgery at a surgical site.

A tracheostoma device holder for holding a tracheostoma device superimposed of a tracheostoma of a person. The tracheostoma device holder may include a plate and a tracheostoma device fitting. The plate may be configured for attachment over a tracheostoma via a proximal side thereof. The plate may include a through hole. The tracheostoma device fitting may include a through passage arranged superimposed the through hole. The tracheostoma device fitting may extend distally from the plate. The plate may further include a disc of a thermoplastic material and a plate material arranged at least laterally of the disc. The plate material may have a melting point different from a melting point of the disc.

The invention relates to a cover for a housing of a moisture-heat exchanger for laryngectomized and tracheostomized patients, comprising a cover edge and a number of recesses passing through the cover.