Airway manipulator devices

A device for insertion into an airway of a subject, the device including:

• a) a first arm defining a distal end and a proximal end, the first arm including:
• i) an elongate handle portion at the proximal end, the handle portion extending substantially towards the distal end;
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• ii) an offset portion located between the distal end and the handle portion, the offset portion being offset dorsally relative to the handle portion and the distal end;
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• iii) a first tip at the distal end of the first arm, wherein the arm is configured to allow a user to hold the handle portion outside of a mouth of the subject and move the handle portion to move the tip through the mouth and pharynx of the subject to thereby position the tip proximate to a larynx of the subject;
• b) a second arm pivotally attached to the first arm at a pivot point located between the first tip and the handle portion, and wherein the second arm defines a distal end and a proximal end, the second arm including:
• i) an elongate second handle portion at the proximal end;
• ii) an second offset portion located between the distal end and the second handle portion, the second offset portion being offset ventrally relative to the second handle portion;
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• iii) a second tip at the distal end.

A device for insertion into an airway of a subject, the device including:

• a) an arm defining a distal end and a proximal end, the arm including:
• i) an elongate handle portion at the proximal end, the handle portion extending substantially towards the distal end;
• and
• ii) an offset portion located between the distal end and the handle portion, the offset portion being offset dorsally relative to the handle portion and the distal end, wherein the distal end and the offset portion extend along a sagittal plane and the handle portion extends laterally outwardly from the sagittal plane at an angle that is at least one of:
• (1) between 0° and 90°;
• (2) between 15° and 45°;
• (3) between 25° and 30°;
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• (4) about 27°;
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• b) a tip at the distal end of the arm, wherein the arm is configured to allow a user to hold the handle portion outside of a mouth of the subject and move the handle portion to move the tip through the mouth and pharynx of the subject to thereby position the tip proximate to a larynx of the subject.