The Airway Company Shikani Heat Moisture Exchanger

The Airway Company HME Features

• The Shikani HME efficiently filters airborne environmental particles (dust, bacteria, viruses, pollutants, etc.)
• It retains moisture and heat from air that is exhaled out of the lungs and into the HME and upon re-inhalation by the patient, the HME filters, humidifies, and warms air returned to the lungs
• Patients using an HME can retain 250-300 ml of the 500 ml of water lost daily as a result of breathing through the tracheostoma.
• The end result for the patient is  
  • More normalized and uniform temperature levels from inhaled air
  • More normalized and uniform humidity levels from inhaled air
  • Substantially increased particle filtration from inhaled air
  • Reduced mucus secretion and thickening
  • Reduced risk of pulmonary infection
  • Restored pulmonary conditions and health

Shikani Heat Moisture Exchanger Benefits

 

Unique
The Shikani HME was specifically designed to work with the Shikani SpeakingValve and this unique combination provides the established pulmonary benefitsof HME use, with on-demand speech. The Shikani HME was specifically designed to work with the Shikani Speaking Valve and this unique combination provides the established pulmonary benefits of HME use, with on-demand speech.
 

 

 

Uniform
The Shikani HME regulates heat and moisture levels for a more consistent and physiologically natural environment.
 

 

 

Universal
While designed specifically to work in unison with the Shikani Speaking Valve, the Shikani HME also fits any standard 15mm tracheotomy tube cannula.
 

 

Commonly Asked Questions on Tracheostomy

 

What to buy with Shikani HME?

• The Airway Company Shikani Speaking Valve For Tracheostomy Patients 
• Shiley Disposable Inner Cannula

Who should use Shikani Medical Device?

Patients who undergo a tracheotomy lose essential airway functions including speaking, smelling, tasting, swallowing, and humidification, warming and filtering of inhaled air. While speaking valves can help offset some of these losses (i.e. speaking, smelling and swallowing), they do not help restore three critical functions that are lost when air is diverted away from the nose, the natural organ of the body responsible for:

• Humidification of inhaled air 
• Warming of inhaled air 
• Filtration of unwanted particles (dust, bacteria, viruses, environmental irritants, and airborne pollutants)
   

Shikani HME Unison with Speaking Valve

• When coupled with the Shikani Speaking Valve, allows for effective speech and simultaneous humidification, warming, and filtration of inhaled air. 
• Patients can therefore realize the benefits of both devices by using them together.
• The Shikani HME can also be used independently by placing it directly onto any standard 15mm tracheostomy tube cannula.
• While these devices can be used independent of one another, the combination of the two can help restore the tracheotomy patients quality of life in an unmatched way.