Patent ID: 6763831
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
A mask mountable on a face of a patient, the patient further having a chin, a nose, a mouth, a tongue and an oropharynx, comprising:a face piece for covering the mouth and nose of the patient, a slot formed in the face piece, an oropharyngeal probe located for movement within and relative to the slot of the face piece, with a first end of the oropharyngeal probe extending outward from the slot of the face piece and a second end of the oropharyngeal probe being locatable in the oropharynx of the patient, and means having a first portion thereof mounted on the face piece and a second portion thereof located on the oropharyngeal probe for incrementally moving the orophanryngeal probe relative to the face piece upon operation of the means.