Medical devices for airway management and methods of placement

An oral airway device comprising a tubal body created by a wall which has a length between a distal end and a proximal end, the tubal body being curved into an arch configured to follow the contour of the roof of an oral cavity, wherein the wall has a dorsal surface and a ventral surface and two flanks, a first flank located between the ventral surface and the dorsal surface and a second flank located between the dorsal surface and the ventral surface, and wherein the ventral surface is configured to contact the tongue after the oral airway device has been placed in a patient,

• wherein the wall contains two hollow channels which are passages in the tubal body, a first channel and a second channel, wherein the two channels are laterally aligned,
• wherein the first channel opens with a proximal opening at or near the proximal end of the wall and the first channel opens with a distal opening at or near the distal end of the wall,
• wherein the second channel opens with a proximal opening at or near the proximal end of the wall and the second channel opens with a distal opening at or near the distal end of the wall,
• wherein the first channel is the passage in the tubal body and the first channel is located peripherally in the first or the second flank and the first channel being capable of hosting a camera, a tool or a tool tube and wherein the first channel is a groove not covered by the wall at least on a portion of the ventral surface and/or of the first or the second flank of the wall, and
• wherein the second channel is the passage in the tubal body and the second channel is located centrally or substantially centrally in the tubal body and is compatible with a camera insertable and removable from the second channel;
• and
• wherein the tubal body does not comprise an endotracheal tube (ETT) lumen.