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US 4,054,135 AGranted
Intubating pharyngeal airway
OwnerRobert A. Bermaninventor
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Abstract
A intubating pharyngeal airway having a side access for passage of a tube on the said airway comprising a flanged stop at the proximal end, a curved airway central tubular member and a distal ball tip adapted to fit into the vallecular. The side opening may be expanded or closed by means of either a hinge on the opposite side wall of the tube or by a cap or insert closure.
Claims1
An intubating airway, comprising:
- a. A tubular longitudinally extending body member, said body member having a longitudinally extending side opening, defined therein,
- b. said member having a distal end for insertion into the mouth and throat of a patient and a proximal end for location at the mouth of the patient, and
- c. a closure member extending the length of said side opening, said closure member being removably inserted into said side opening for closure thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.