Patent ID: 7134431

Claim:
A laryngeal mask airway device, comprising: A. an inflatable cuff, the cuff defining a central opening at least when inflated, the cuff being insertable through a mouth of a patient to an inserted location within the patient, the cuff surrounding a glottic opening of the patient when inflated and at the inserted location; B. an airway tube extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the airway tube defining an internal passage, a sealed airway passage extending from the proximal end of the tube through the internal passage to the glottic opening when the cuff is inflated and at the inserted location; and C. a tab fixed to the airway tube near the proximal end of the airway tube, the tab being disposed outside of the mouth of the patient when the cuff is at the inserted location, the tab extending outwardly from the airway tube in a first direction when the cuff is at the inserted location, a second direction being perpendicular to a line extending from a nose of the patient to a chin of the patient, the first direction being transverse to the second direction.