US 11,931,249 B2
Easy voice prosthesis loading insertion device
Kevin Alan Glen, Ventura, CA (US); and Dimitrios Stroumpoulis, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Freudenberg Medical, LLC, Carpinteria, CA (US)
Filed by Freudenberg Medical, LLC, Carpinteria, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/340,527.
Prior Publication US 2022/0387172 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/20 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/20 (2013.01) [A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A voice prosthesis insertion device, comprising:
an elongated inserter body having a first end and a second end and including an aperture therein extending axially along the elongated inserter body, the elongated inserter body including a ring member at the second end that is supported by a pair of straps, the elongated inserter body having a collapsible portion; and
a rod disposed in the aperture of the elongated inserter body, the rod including a first end and a second end and the second end including a peg extending therefrom, the peg being adapted to be inserted into an aperture of a tether of a voice prosthesis device, wherein the collapsible portion of the elongated body is flexible to allow the elongated inserter body to be longitudinally collapsed to expose the peg of the rod for engagement with a strap of the voice prosthesis and the elongated inserter body is extendable from the collapsed position to extend over the peg.