Airway management device
AssigneeAlfen Medical Devices Development Ltd.
InventorZoraida Del Socorro Fontanilla Daza
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Abstract
The invention provides a device for inserting an infraglottic airway or an imaging device into a patient, the device comprising an open channel which is curved along its length, a first end of the device comprising a handle portion and a second end of the device being configured, in use, to extend to the opening of the patient's trachea. The invention also provides an infraglottic airway device comprising an endotracheal tube and two annular inflatable cuffs, wherein each cuff is provided with an inflation line through which the cuffs can be inflated or deflated.
Claims19
A device for inserting an infraglottic airway or an imaging device into a patient, the device comprising:
- (a) a base portion of the device, the base portion having a length and being curved along the length and having integrally formed upstanding walls at either side of base to form an open channel, wherein the open channel comprises an upper hump and a lower hump at positions along the length of the base, wherein the lower and upper humps direct a medical device or tube along the open channel, thereby preventing the medical device or tube from becoming lodged within a curved region of the open channel;
- (b) a first end of the device comprising a handle portion;
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- (c) a second end of the device being configured, in use, to extend to the opening of the patient's trachea.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.