Pressure equalizing device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9901693
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14646081

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The present invention relates to a pressure equalizing device with a pressure equalizing balloon, the volume of which is connected to a further volume, the pressure of which is intended to be kept at as constant a value as possible even in the event of an enforced change in volume. In order therefore to keep the cuff pressure within the pressure range that is generally considered to be useful and optimal of between approximately 20 mbar and 30 mbar, but also make possible, if required, to increase the pressure in a controlled manner, according to the invention the equalizing balloon keeping the pressure generally constant is accommodated in a protective sleeve which has radial bulges deviating from a uniformly concave form matched to the outer contour of the balloon, which bulges are designed such that the equalizing balloon first abuts against the wall areas of the protective sleeve matched to the contour of the balloon and then, when pressure is increased, extends only into the bulges, whereby the pressure in the equalizing balloon gradually increases as the volume in the bulges increases.

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  • TRACOE MEDICAL GMBH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hahn, Andreas Mainz-Hechtsheim, DE 41 573
Schnell, Ralf Seligenstadt, DE 17 140

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