Patent ID: 6901928
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A superglottic and peri-laryngeal apparatus for insertion of an airway device from a buccal cavity into a pharyngeal cavity of an upper airway region of a patient, said apparatus comprising: an offset member having a proximal end and a distal end, a first portion at said proximal end of said offset member, a second portion at said distal end of said offset member, and an arcuate portion between said first portion and said second portion, said first portion having a first given length, said second portion having a second given length, said arcuate portion forming a given angle; a handle member in attachment to said first portion of said offset member; and a compressor-lever shield member having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end of said compressor-level shield member configured to extend from said distal end of said offset member, a third extending from said proximal end to said distal end of said compressor-lever shield, said third portion having a third given length, said second given length of said second portion and said third given length of said third given portion extending a given distance to position said distal end of the compressor-lever shield within a vallecula adjacent to an epiglottis in the pharyngeal cavity with said first portion of said offset member disposed on a dorsal surface of the tongue; wherein said first given length, said second given length, said third given length, and said given angle of the arcuate portion are configured for simultaneously flattening the tongue in the buccal cavity with the first portion, compressing and lifting the tongue in the pharyngeal cavity with the second portion and the third portion, and mechanically unfolding the epiglottis with the distal end of said compressor-lever shield advanced into the vallecula.