MP39-13 FEASIBILITY STUDY OF INFLATING PENILE PROTHESES, URETHRAL CUFFS AND ANAL CUFFS WITH MRI-COMPATIBLE, TRANSDERMALLY POWERED PUMP IN RESERVOIR IMPLANTS

Interrupting gel layer between Double cuffs prevents fluid leakage past tracheal tube cuffs.

BACKGROUND Current tracheal tubes (TTs) cannot guarantee a perfect seal against pulmonary aspiration of upper airway secretions. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a gel layer between the tracheal tube with double cuffs (Double cuffs) prevents fluid leakage past TT cuffs. METHODS In vitro fluid leakage tests were performed using the Double cuff with or without a gel layer be...

Leakage of fluid around endotracheal tube cuffs: a cadaver study

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate the leakage of liquid past the cuffs of tracheal tubes in fresh frozen human heads. METHODS Six truncated fresh frozen heads were used and intubated with 8.0 mm endotracheal tubes. The intracuff pressures tested were 30 and 100 cmH2O. Subsequently, 20 ml of each of two oral antiseptic rinses (0.2% chlorhexidine and octenidine [octenidol®, Schülk...

Endotracheal Tube Cuffs: Design and Function

Flow patterns through vascular graft models with and without cuffs

The shape of a bypass graft plays an important role on its efficacy. Here, we investigated flow through two vascular graft designs-with and without cuff at the anastomosis. We conducted Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV) measurements to obtain the flow field information through these vascular grafts. Two pulsatile flow waveforms corresponding to cardiac cycles during the rest and the exc...

Pre-stretched Cuffs on Tracheostomy Tubes

in labour. It was subsequently calculated that less than half this amount of methoxyflurane was required for Caesarean section when using a 0.1% supplement. Cousins and Mazze (1972) qualified the findings that there was no evidence of nephrotoxicity following the use of 0.35% methoxyflurane in labour by stating: "The agent appears not to be nephrotoxic under most conditions of low dosage admini...