Medical devices for airway management and methods of placement

An oral airway device for laryngeal intubation and ventilation, the oral airway device comprising a tubal body made by a wall having a length between a distal end and a proximal end, the tubal body having a ventral surface and a dorsal surface which is opposite to the ventral surface, the ventral surface being spaced from the dorsal surface by two flanks, a left flank and a right flank, a distal portion of the tubal body being curved anteriorly and toward the ventral surface,

• the tubal body encircling a central lumen having a distal opening and a proximal opening, the distal opening located at the distal end of the tubal body and the proximal opening located at the proximal end of the tubal body, the central lumen being configured for receiving an endotracheal tube,
• the tubal body further having two channels, a first channel and a second channel, wherein the channels are passages in the tubal body and arranged peripherally to the central lumen,
• the first channel having a distal opening located at the distal end of the tubal body and a proximal opening located at the proximal end of the tubal body and wherein the first channel is a camera channel,
• the second channel having a proximal opening located at the proximal end of the tubal body and a distal opening located at the distal end of the tubal body or the distal opening of the second channel being located proximately to the distal end of the tubal body,
• the tubal body further having a tongue projecting distally from the distal end of the tubal body dorsal surface, the tongue having a ventral surface and dorsal surface,
• wherein the distal opening of the central lumen opens to the ventral surface of the tongue and the distal opening of the first channel opens to the ventral surface of the tongue,
• wherein the oral airway device further comprises a cuff attached to at least a portion of a perimeter of the tongue ventral surface, the left and the right flanks and to the ventral surface of the tubal body, the cuff forming a donut-like cushion over the distal end of the tubal body, wherein the cuff is configured for air-tight sealing of a subject's trachea proximally to vocal cords when the oral airway device is in use;
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• wherein the cuff is inflatable, non-inflatable and/or the tongue is tapered at its distal portion.