Patent ID: 9669174
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. An oral airway, comprising: (a) a first individual component having a first curved guiding surface; and (b) a second individual component removably coupled together with the first component, the second component having a second curved guiding surface located in opposing relation to the first guiding surface; (c) wherein, when the first and second components are coupled together, the first curved guiding surface and the second curved guiding surface each substantially define half of a perimeter of a collectively defined interior passage extending through the oral airway for directing a fiber-optic scope or an endotracheal tube through the oral airway, but when the first and second components are decoupled, no passage is defined by either the first component or the second component; (d) wherein the first component includes first and second tongues extending in generally parallel relation; (e) wherein the second component includes first and second grooves extending in generally parallel relation; and (f) wherein, when the first and second components are removably coupled together, the first and second tongues extend, respectively, within the first and second grooves in interlocking engagement; wherein the first component and the second component are separable by sliding longitudinally, relative to each other, out of complete physical engagement with one another along a diameter of the interior passage.