PLASTIC NECK PLATE FOR RETAINING A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE WHEN INSTERTED INTO A STOMA. IT CONSISTS OF A PROFILED OPENING TO RECEIVE THE CORRESPONDINGLY SHAPED TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE, LOCKING KNURLS TO RETAIN AND ALLOW THE TUBE TO PIVOT AND OUTER RECESSES FOR A NECK STRAP. THERE ARE CODES AT EACH SIDE TO INDICATE WHAT SIZE TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE SHOULD BE USED WITH THIS NECK PLATE. IT IS AN ASSEMBLY COMPRISING OF A MOULDED RIGID PLASTIC INSERT, OVERMOULDED WITH A FLEXIBLE PLASTIC MATERIAL. IT IS DESIGNED, MANUFACTURED AND ASSEMBLED SPECIFICALLY TO INTERFACE WITH TRACHEOSTOMY TUBES.

GIR 1 & 6 Note 2(b) to Chapter 90 HSEN NOTE (i) (G) TO HEADING 9018 Text to codes 9018, 9018 90 AND 9018 90 60