Patent ID: 6196224
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An oral airway, comprising:a curved hollow, tubular longitudinally extending body member which defines a patient airway passage therethrough for active ventilation of the patient's lungs by a practitioner, said body member having a distal end portion for insertion into the mouth and pharynx of the patient and a proximal end portion which terminates for location at the mouth of the patient and which is configured to be used together with at least one of a face mask, an anesthesia circuit, and a breathing circuit,wherein said distal end portion of said body member is extended and shaped so as to be operative to scat deep in the patient's hypo-pharynx and surround the patient's epiglottis and glottis, thereby to hold the patient's soft tissue away from the patient's air channel opening.