Inventors:
Michael Rutter - Cincinnati OH, US
Robin Cotton - Cincinnati OH, US
Jay Willging - Cincinnati OH, US
International Classification:
A61F002/04, A61F002/20
Abstract:
An airways stent containing a hollow flexible tube and a plurality of domed pegs on the outer surface of at least the distal end of the tube to lift the tube off the airway passage wall. Also disclosed are intratracheal stents that have additional domed pegs on the outer surface of the proximal end of the tube, and suprastomal stents that have a removable plug in the proximal end of the tube to restrict airflow through the lumen of the tube.