Patent ID: 8714159

Claim:
A device adapted for maintaining an airway in a patient comprising a mask, the mask having a laryngo pharynx side, a laryngeal side and a resilient conformable peripheral portion shaped such that the mask is adapted to form a seal with the patient's larynx when the mask is positioned in the laryngo pharynx to thereby prevent ingress of extraneous fluids into the larynx, the mask including at least two fluid passageways, the at least two fluid passageways having separate proximal openings, the at least two fluid passageways each having distal openings defined by a periphery of the mask at a distal portion of the mask, and an airway tube connected to or formed with the mask for passing gas to the larynx when the mask is properly inserted into the laryngo pharynx, wherein the distal openings of the at least two fluid passageways are physically isolated from the larynx when the device is positioned in the laryngo pharynx.