Patent ID: 7357845

Claim:
A method of making a laryngeal airway of the type that includes a respiratory tube and an inflatable positioning shield, the shield having a base and a hollow, peripheral portion, the respiratory tube comprising a tubular body and a proximal end lumen, and a distal end lumen formed there through, the method comprising: introducing at least one molding material into a mold; wherein the mold has a cavity defined by internal walls; wherein the mold has at least one core within its cavity, the core being adapted to form the proximal end lumen, tubular body and distal end lumen of the respiratory tube and the hollow, peripheral portion of the inflatable positioning shield; wherein the internal walls of the mold conform to external walls of the laryngeal airway; and allowing the molding material to cure about the internal walls of the mold and the at least one core, thereby forming the laryngeal airway in a non-inverted form.