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A Novel Tracheostomy Heat and Moisture Exchanger HME
What is it about?
Tracheostomy patients face many adversities including loss of phonation and essential airway functions including air filtering, warming, and humidification. Heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) facilitate humidification and filtering of inspired air. This paper is about a new HME, the Shikani HME™ with unique airflow dynamics and which helps restoring these lost functions.
Why is it important?
The Shikani HME™ has a turbulent flow and provides heat and moisture exchange with similar or greater efficacy than other widely used laminar airflow traditional HMEs on the market, but with significantly lower resistance. The Shikani HME™ also allows the innovative advantage of in-line use with the Shikani Speaking Valve™, hence allowing concurrent humidification and phonation during application, without having to manipulate either device.