Patent ID: 8220461
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An oral airway for insertion into the mouth and pharynx of a patient to provide a breathing pathway and for cooperating with an anesthesia breathing connector, a suction tube, or a nasal cannula, the oral airway comprising: an arcuate hollow tubular member, having a proximal end and a distal end, the tubular member adapted for insertion distal end first into the mouth and pharynx of the patient; a connector fixed with the proximal end of the tubular member and including a first portion having a first diameter and adapted for fixing with the anesthesia breathing connector, a second portion having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter and adapted for receiving therein the suction tube, the first and second portions adapted for receiving and retaining therebetween a portion of the nasal cannula, the anesthesia breathing connector, when fixed to the first portion, being in fluid communication with the tubular member via at least one open gap formed between the first and second portions of the connector; and a mouth guard extending outwardly from the connector; whereby either the anesthesia breathing connector, the suction tube, or the nasal cannula may be utilized on the patient without necessitating the removal of the oral airway from the mouth and pharynx thereof.