This Shiley flexible adult tracheostomy tube helps  enhance patient Safety, simplify patient care and facilitate positive outcomes across the patient-care continuum. With the taper guard cuff, shiley flexible tubes help protect the Lungs and reduce tracheal impact by reducing fluid leakage by 99 percent and exerting 18.6 percent less lateral wall pressure on the trachea.

• Help enable easier insertion and removal
• May enhance patient fit and comfort
• Taper-shaped-cuff - the ability to titrate ventilator air leak is 65 percent greater with the addition of taper guard cuff technology
• May reduce the risk of skin breakdown
• Improved airflow may reduce the work of breathing required to speak and wean from a tracheostomy tube