Catheter for inserting a voice prothesis

摘要

A catheter and voice prosthesis assembly include an elongated flexible body (16) having a hollow voice prosthesis tubing (20) disposed on a first end of the elongated flexible body. A voice prosthesis (30) is received in the hollow voice prosthesis tubing. The voice prosthesis having an interior esophageal flange (36) at a first end and an exterior tracheal flange (32) at a second end, with the voice prosthesis being received in the hollow voice prosthesis tubing with the interior esophageal flange being folded within the hollow voice prosthesis tubing and the exterior tracheal flange being disposed exterior to the hollow voice prosthesis tubing.