Blind orolaryngeal and oroesophageal guiding and aiming device

A blind intubation guide comprising:

• an element having a tube guiding surface with a supporting edge, the element being sized to be received in the throat in the vicinity of the larynx;
• means associated with the element for situation the element in the throat with the supporting edge of the tube guiding surface contiguous with at least he posterior edge of the laryngeal opening to effectively define an upward extension thereof such that the tube guiding surface is aimed into the larynx over the posterior edge thereof so that an intubation tube sliding along the tube guiding surface will be directed into the larynx.

A device for blindly inserting a tubular instrument through the mouth and into the larynx and trachea of a patient, the device comprising:

• a channel having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion including entrance access means for insertion of the tubular instrument into the channel, the distal portion including a cusplike distal tip with a convex supporting edge, the distal portion being curved downwardly relative the proximal portion such that when the device is inserted through the patient's mouth and into the throat, the distal portion extends into the patient's oropharynx and hypopharynx with the distal tip oriented toward the glottic opening inside the larynx and with the supporting edge positioned atop and contiguous with the posterior edge of the arlyngeal opening to effectively define an upward extension thereof.