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US 12,673,175 B2Granted
Laryngeal oral airway
OwnerDaniel Slaughterinventor
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Abstract
A Laryngeal oral airway (LOA) includes a mouthpiece flange defining two separate nostril-like openings in communication with separate elongated airways extending towards the larynx when in use. The nostril-like openings on the mouthpiece are spaced, shaped, and configured to snugly fit nasal prongs a nasal cannula therein, such that the nasal cannula is readily moveable between the patient's nostrils and the artificial nostril openings defined in the mouthpiece of the airway. The cannula is further secured by notches defined in the LOA.
Claims7
A laryngeal oral airway (LOA) comprising:
- a mouthpiece flange defining first and second openings spaced generally in proportion to human nostrils;
- first and second distinct elongated airways in communication with the respective first and second openings defined in the mouthpiece flange, each of the first and second elongated airways extending to a distal end of the LOA to respectively deliver oxygen and enable capnography adjacent the larynx when in use;
- wherein the first and second openings defined in the mouthpiece flange are spaced, shaped, and configured to receive nasal prongs of a nasal cannula therein;
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- first and second notches defined in the mouthpiece flange and sized to secure nasal cannula tubing to secure the nasal cannula received in the first and second openings such that the nasal cannula is readily moveable between the patient's nostrils and the first and second openings defined in the mouthpiece flange of the LOA.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.