| 摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/NL97/00118 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 6, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 6, 1999 PCT Filed Mar. 10, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/41807 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 13, 1997A voice prosthesis implantation kit includes a leader element which can be introduced via the mouth into the oesophagus until the leading end or tip of the leader element is located close to the location where the voice prosthesis has to be implanted, at which tip of the leader element a first coupling device is located. The kit also includes a hollow cutting element for making a cut in the wall of the oesophagus at the level of the tracheostome, and a guide element, one end of which carries a second coupling device which, via the hollow cutting element which is located in the cut which has been made, can be brought into interaction with the first coupling device, and the other end of which carries an attachment for a voice prosthesis, which is to be implanted, to the guide element. |
