• Most tubes are supplied with an obturator. These aid in insertion and are removed after placement.
• All tubes have a 15mm connector. This is the same fitting as an endotracheal tube and allows hook-up to an anaesthesia hose.
• All tubes have pliable wings or flanges allowing tying the tube in place with cotton (umbilical)tape or gauze.
• Tubes are single lumen cannula.
• All tubes are 100% silicone that softens at body temperature.
• All cuffed tubes are high volume low pressure and profile.

NOTE: Tracheostomy tubes are sized by there i.d. Tubes should be ~50% of the tracheal lumen width. The trachea changes diameter during the respiratory cycle. The tracheal body is wider than the larynx.