TaperGuard™ Cuff Endotracheal Tubes

TaperGuard™ Cuff Endotracheal Tubes

The Shiley™ RAE and Reinforced endotracheal tubes with TaperGuard™ cuff combine the benefits of a specialty tube with the TaperGuard™ cuff design. The Shiley™ oral/nasal endotracheal tube with TaperGuard™ cuff features a low-pressure cuff that exerts 29% less pressure1 on the trachea.*

[Available in Republic Of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales]

 

Features

  • Patented taper-shaped cuff design
  • Murphy eye
  • Packaged sterile
  • Latex-free
References
*Compared to the Mallinckrodt™ Hi-Lo endotracheal tube
1. Lichtenthal PR, Wood L, Wong A, Borg U. Pressure applied to tracheal wall by barrel and taper shaped cuffs. Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists; October 15-19, 2011; Chicago, IL. Abstract A1054. View Abstract