Patent ID: 8485188

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, the face of the laryngeal cuff region being preformed from a soft deformable material and shaped to form an anatomical fit over the laryngeal inlet of a patient and which incorporates protuberances that form a good seal with the laryngeal framework of the 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 material with a Shore hardness on the A scale of less than 30.