trachealator

Trachealator - Treatment of airway stenosis with simultaneous ventilation

Optimize oxygen delivery to your patients during balloon dilatation of tracheal stenoses. Our new trachealator allows full ventilation during the dilation thanks to its multi balloon design. Take the time you need to perform the treatment optimally whilst supplying your patient with sufficient oxygen.
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The Trachealator is a specially developed dilatation catheter which, thanks to its unique design, allows for prolonged and, above all, gentle treatment of tracheal stenosis.
Trachealator_dorsal
 

Inflated trachealator, distal end
with central guide wire, eight
balloon chambers and clearly
visible lumen for airflow

 

For gentle, efficient and sustainable treatment of tracheal stenosis

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Trachealator, deflated
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Trachealator, inflated
Trachealator - Animated catheter placement
  • Multiple dilations possible
  • Suitable for jet insufflation
  • No limitation of dilatation time
  • Total length 650 mm
  • Individually sterile packed
  • Central guide wire
Webinar: Use of Trachealator
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  Design Award 2021

Trachealator, total length 650 mm, 1 piece

Art. No.Balloon dimensions (mm)Nominal pressure (atm)Burst pressure (atm)Shaft diameter (mm)Guide wire (mm)
TRD1-06030 6 x 306122.30.46
TRD1-070307 x 306122.30.46
TRD1-080308 x 306122.30.46
TRD1-090309 x 306122.30.46
TRD1-1003010 x 306122.30.46
TRD1-1204012 x 406122.30.46
TRD1-1454014,5 x 406123.50.90
TRD1-1604016 x 406123.50.90
TRD1-1804018 x 406123.50.90
stenosis
Catheter is placed across stenosis while in folded condition
Trachealator
The new trachealator catheter allows simultaneous ventilation during dilatation
competitor
Conventional dilatation balloon catheters completely occlude the airway

Accessories

Inflation pump

  • For single-use
  • 30 ml, releasable lock, twist handle, pressure gauge and Luer Lock rotary adapter
  • PSI-Scale, 0 to 30 atm
  • Including 50 cm - extension hose
  • Art. Nr. 2080-9030040

Flexible nasopharyngoscope

Nasopharyngoskop
Art. No. 
30-170-282,8 mm
30-170-363,4 mm
30-171-404.0 mm with working channel

Working length32 cm
Angle (up / down)130°
Bending radius8 mm
Field of view80°
Depth of field1-50 mm
Weight230 g

Bronchoscopes

Bronchoskope
Art. No.AngleODLength
60-202-005.5 mm49 cm
60-202-3030°5.5 mm49 cm
 

 
Art. No.AngleODLength
60-204-002.9 mm36.5 cm
60-204-3030°2.9 mm36.5 cm
Other endoscopes available on request

Links to literature

JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

APRIL 2017, Volume 31, Supplement 1, Pages S6-S7

Ross Hofmeyr, J McGuire, P Douglas-Jones, M Proxenos, K Park, D Lubbe:

"Multilevel dilatation of tracheal and bronchial stenosis using a non-occlusive tracheal dilatation balloon in a patient with sclerosing airway disease"

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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY (EJA)

JUNE 2017, Volume 34, e-Supplement 55, Page 278

Hofmeyr R, McGuire J, Park K, M Proxenos, Marwick P, D Lubbe:

"Initial assessment and development of anaesthesia techniques for use of a novel, non-occlusive tracheal dilatation balloon allowing continuous oxygenation and ventilation"

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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY (EJA)

AUGUST 2018, Volume 35, e-Supplement 56, Page 278

Hofmeyr R, McGuire J, Park K, M Proxenos, Peer S, D Lubbe:

"First human trial of a non-occlusive dilatation balloon allowing continuous oxygenation and ventilation in the management of tracheal stenosis"

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JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

APRIL 2017, Volume 31, Supplement 1, Pages S70-S85

Ross Hofmeyr, J McGuire, P Marwick, K Park, M Proxenos, M Lehmann, H Weich:

"Continuous ventilation during tracheal dilatation using a novel, non-occlusive tracheal balloon dilator in an ovine model"

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JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Ross Hofmeyr, J McGuire, K Park, S Peer:

"Prospective Observational Trial of a Nonocclusive Dilatation Balloon in the Management of Tracheal Stenosis"

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"The Laryngoscope"

November 2022

Leonie G. M. Wijermars, et al.:

"New Treatment Strategy for Subglottic Stenosis Using theTrachealator"


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"The Journal of Laryngology & Otology"

June 2022

R. Hofmeyr, D. Lubbe:

"How we do it: endoscopic tracheal dilatation technique using a supraglottic airway device and non-occlusive balloon"


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