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The Airway Company Shikani Speaking Valve For Tracheostomy Patients
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The Airway Company Shikani Speaking Valve For Tracheostomy Patients

Brand/Manufacturer: THE AIRWAY COMPANY
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Features

  • As compared to existing flapper-membrane valves, the Shikani Speaking Valve offers patients many advantages and benefits that can improve their overall quality of life
  • Significantly lower airflow resistance, resulting in increased comfort, tolerance, and ease of breathing
  • Superior voice quality and speech naturalness
  • Superior olfaction
  • More effective cough
  • Improved swallowing
  • The ability to adapt the airflow and closure characteristics of the valve to meet the individual needs of each patient
  • The valve™ discreet, low-profile design (smaller than flapper valves)
  • The valve™ ability to be used in unison with a heat moisture exchanger (HME), allowing for effective speech and humidification, warming, and filtration of inhaled air at the same time
  • Each Shikani Speaking Valve comes with a retaining lanyard for attaching the valve to the tracheostomy tube to prevent loss of the valve
  • Indications for Use:
    - To enable airflow through the vocal cords for speaking function
    - To be used with a standard 15mm hub on tracheostomy tubes
  • Also Available (sold separately):
    -The Airway Company Shikani Heat Moisture Exchanger (Code: HME-SV)

More Information

  • Precautions:
  • - Patient should be awake, alert, and have a patent airway before the valve is introduced.
    - Not for use when the patient is asleep
    - Patient should be evaluated by a trained clinical professional for tolerance of the valve.
    - The evaluation should include the following basic measures: oxygen saturation levels, heart rate, and work of breathing for an appropriate duration depending on the patients medical condition
    - Secretion management, suctioning needs, and patients subjective valve tolerance, alertness, and ability to learn new information should also be addressed
    - Patient should be instructed to remove the valve immediately if shortness of breath is experienced
    - For cuffed tracheostomy tubes, ensure that the cuff is fully deflated prior to placing the valve to allow airflow around the tracheostomy tube.
  • Cleaning Instructions:
    - Do not clean the valve while it is still attached to the tracheostomy tube
    - Once the valve is removed from the inner or outer cannula, it may be cleaned in any proteolytic enzyme cleaner
    - Proteolytic enzyme cleaner is readily available packaged as contact lens cleaner
    - The valve should then be placed in hydrogen peroxide for 10 minutes
    - Clean the valve of any residual secretions by swishing it in the hydrogen peroxide
    - Valve can be cleaned with a cotton swab without fear of damage
    - The hydrogen peroxide should be completely flushed off with tap water
    - Dry thoroughly after cleaning is complete
  • Warnings:
    - Only use the solutions identified above
    - Do not use a sharp object to assist cleaning
    - Do not leave the valve in hydrogen peroxide for more than 10 minutes as doing so can decrease the life expectancy of the valve

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