SPUTUM CONTAINER FOR TRACHEOSTOMY PATIENT

• Main Authors: Oh, Hyuck Gun, Yoo, Tae Hyoung
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.12.2023
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

A sputum container for a tracheostomy patient according to one embodiment of the present invention is applied to a tracheostomy patient and includes a sputum accommodation part which accommodates sputum of a patient and a tracheostomy tube coupling part which is provided at one upper side of the sputum accommodation part, is coupled to a tracheostomy tube which is a tracheostomy region of the patient and is disposed in a first direction, receives the sputum of the patient, and delivers the sputum to the sputum accommodation part. Accordingly, a container which allows a tracheostomy patient to breathe comfortably and receives sputum discharged by the patient into whom a tracheostomy tube (intubation tube) is inserted at the same time can be provided, and the sputum can be prevented from pouring out of a container containing the sputum or backflowing no matter what position the tracheostomy patient is in, that is, the tracheostomy patient is lying down, turning, sitting, or bowing his/her head. In addition, a conventional situation in which sputum is unconsciously discharged (generally strongly ejected like a cough) from the lungs, trachea, or airways and splattered on the faces of medical staff such as doctors or nurses can be prevented. A situation in which sputum is splattered on medical staff working in an intensive care unit in which a tracheostomy patient is hospitalized, other patients being treated in the same intensive care unit, and hospital room objects such as curtains, ceilings, and furniture can be prevented, and thus secondary infection or contamination problems in the hospital room and treatment environment grievances can be addressed.