Patent ID: 7806119

Claim:
An airway device for human or animal use comprising an airway tube having a distal end and a proximal end, the distal end of which is surrounded by a laryngeal cuff, wherein the cuff is non-inflatable and is pre-formed in a shape such that a face region of the cuff is adapted to fit snugly over the laryngeal inlet of a patient, and wherein the external profile of the tube is substantially uniform between the distal end of the tube where it starts to meet the cuff and the proximal end of the tube, and wherein the face region of the cuff is formed from a first material having a first Shore hardness on the A scale of between 0 to 30, and wherein the airway tube together with a dorsal part of the cuff are made from a second material having a second Shore hardness different from the first material, such that the face of the cuff is made of a softer material than the airway tube and the dorsal part of the cuff.