Device Category Dossier

Prosthesis, internal, valve, speech, tracheostomy

Device Category Dossier for Prosthesis, internal, valve, speech, tracheostomy. Australian ARTG records, sponsors, device class — compiled by arcimedes.

Voice prostheses shunt air between trachea and oesophagus to produce voice in laryngectomised patients. These devices are used during surgical creation or dilation of tracheoesophageal puncture and to guide placement of the voice prosthesis for tracheoesophageal voice restoration following total laryngectomy.