Patent ID: 7650886

Claim:
An esophageal airway management device guide for positioning extraglottic (EAD) and subglottic (SAD) airway devices insertable in a patient's trachea or esophagus and configured for preventing throat, esophageal or tracheal injury comprising: a) a slender dual function flippable insert having a length from about 30 cm to about 90 cm and a diameter from about 2 mm to about 5 mm depending on the patient's size; b) said insert being an integrally connected slender dual function flippable insert having integrally connected first angled and second non-angled throat insertable end sections separated by an intermediate section; c) said first and second throat insertable end sections each having front and rear portions; d) said first insertable end section's front portion extending from about 0.5% to about 20% of the total length of said slender insert and said second insertable end sections' front portion extending from about 0.5% to about 50% of the total length of said slender insert; e) said first insertable and second insertable end sections' front portion having an end tip; f) each of said first insertable and second insertable end sections' end tip being a blunt end tip; g) said first insertable and second insertable end sections comprising a soft, malleable and ductile material extending from said first insertable and second insertable end sections' front portion end tip through said first insertable and second insertable end sections' rear portion; h) said intermediate section positionable in the patient's throat comprising a stiff, malleable and ductile material stiffer than said soft malleable and ductile first and second insertable end sections and having a selected hardness of between about 50 SHORE A to about 90 SHORE D; i) said first and second insertable end sections having a SHORE hardness approximately 20% to approximately 30% less than said selected hardness of said intermediate section; j) said first insertable end section insertable into a patient's trachea; k) said second insertable end section insertable into a patient's esophagus; and l) said first insertable end section is bent at an angle of about 25° to about 45° with respect to said intermediate section.