SPEAKING VALVES FOR TRACHEOSTOMIZED PATIENTS

Product features:

• Speaking valve with closed basic position of the silicone membrane
• Available in two different colour schemes:
  TRANSPARENT: suitable for the use in the outpatient sector and for home care, due to its unobtrusive colour scheme
  BLUE-TRANSPARENT: designed for use with inpatients, due to its conspicuous colouring
• Available with or without integrated oxygen supply port
• The filter cartridge contained in the scope of delivery can be optionally connected to the PRIMEDI-PHON PLUS® speaking valve for filtering inspiration air (also available separately)

Suitable for the following:

• Tracheostomy tubes with and without sieving
• Tracheostomy tubes with completely unblocked cuff and tracheostomy tubes without cuff

(IMPORTANT: An adequate airflow around the tracheostomy tube must be ensured!)

How does it work?

• A special feature of this speaking valve is the closed basic position of the silicone membrane
• The membrane only opens briefly during inspiration and reacts to even very weak inhalation
• Afterwards it automatically returns to the tightly sealed basic position without exhalation pressure (expiration pressure) being required (an extremely short shutting time); phonation therefore does not require any build-up of expiration pressure
• The impermeability of the PPP speaking valve creates an air column in the tube during exhalation (in sieved tubes above the sieving) which prevents secretion from penetrating and, consequently, any relocation of the tracheostomy tube
• The expiration air is channelled completely via the larynx and upper respiratory tract
• This enables the formation of speech (phonation) and expectoration of secretions

Indication

• Spontaneously breathing tracheostomized patients
  (The use on laryngectomized patients is contraindicated!)

Including:

Product features:

• Speaking valve with closed basic position of the silicone membrane
• With additional oxygen supply port
• Adjustable lateral air inlets and outlets can be opened or closed steplessly by rotating through up to max. 90°
  CLOSED: If the air inlets and outlets are closed, the TWINPHON® speaking valves function only in the inhalation direction and behave like a
  normal speaking valve. In this way, the air is routed through the upper airways during exhalation, thus allowing phonation.
  OPEN: Following stepless rotation of the valve in the other direction, the lateral openings are opened again and it is possible to regulate the exhaled air in this way.
• TWINPHON® EXTRA includes an additional HME filter cassette in the rotatable accessory and functions in the opened position like an HME. The HME filter cassette can be replaced and is available separately.

How does it work?

• A special feature of this speaking valve is the closed basic position of the silicone membrane
• The membrane only opens briefly during inspiration and reacts to even very weak inhalation
• Afterwards it automatically returns to the tightly sealed basic position without exhalation pressure (expiration pressure) being required (an extremely short shutting time); phonation therefore does not require any build-up of expiration pressure
• The impermeability of the PPP speaking valve creates an air column in the tube during exhalation (in sieved tubes above the sieving) which prevents secretion from penetrating and, consequently, any relocation of the tracheostomy tube
• The expiration air is channelled completely via the larynx and upper respiratory tract
• This enables the formation of speech (phonation) and expectoration of secretions

Indication

• Spontaneously breathing tracheostomized patients with sufficient tidal volume (adults & children).
  (The use on laryngectomized patients is contraindicated!)
• Weaning/ Speech therapy

Including:

PRIMEDI SPEAKING VALVE

SPEAKING VALVES FOR VENTILATED TRACHEOSTOMIZED PATIENTS

Product features:

• Speaking valve with closed basic position of the silicone membrane and connection for attachment to a ventilator
• Can be attached to a ventilator via swivelling 15 mm connector (For setting of ventilation parameters observe instructions for use!)
• Inhalation takes place via ventilator; at the end of inspiration the silicone membrane automatically returns to the tightly sealed basic position and the expiration air is channelled completely via the larynx and upper respiratory tract, thus enabling phonation

Suitable for the following:

• Tracheostomy tubes with and without sieving/ fenestration
• Tracheostomy tubes with completely unblocked cuff and tracheostomy tubes without cuff

(IMPORTANT: An adequate airflow around the tracheostomy tube must be ensured!)

Indication

• Tracheostomized, ventilated patients with intact larynx (adults, children and neonates)
• Spontaneously breathing tracheostomized patients
  (The use on laryngectomized patients is contraindicated!)
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Ventilation
• Weaning

Including:

SPEAKING VALVES WITH FILTER FUNCTION FOR LARYNGECTOMIZED & TRACHEOSTOMIZED PATIENTS

PRIMEDIAIR®-PHON/ ULTRAFLOW

Product features:

• Speaking valves with filter function
• Low profile
• Discrete design: skin-coloured or transparent
• Filtration, humidification and heating of inhaled air thanks to the integrated special foam (resulting in a reduction of secretion, coughing and
  incrustations)
• Enables phonation merely by closing it with a finger
• With 22 mm connector
• Available in two different filter media:
  PRIMEDIAIR®-PHON with normal foam filter
  PRIMEDIAIR®-PHON ULTRAFLOW with Ultra-Flow foam filter with a particularly low resistance to inspiration
• PRIMEDIAIR®-PHON ULTRAFLOW facilitates respiration and is particularly recommended for strenuous physical activity

Indication

• Laryngectomized patients (with voice prosthesis)/ Tracheostomized patients with intact larynx