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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Teleflex Life Sciences Unlimited Company, Athlone, Co Westmeath, IE;
Inventor:
Philip Stuart Esnouf, Richmond, AU;
Assignee:
TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES UNLIMITED COMPANY, Athlone, Co Westmeath, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/0445 (2014.02); A61M 16/04 (2013.01); A61M 16/0409 (2014.02); A61M 16/0415 (2014.02); A61M 16/0443 (2014.02); A61M 16/0463 (2013.01); A61M 16/0434 (2013.01); A61M 16/0493 (2014.02);
Abstract
An artificial airway including: an airway tube including at least one airway conduit; an inflatable cuff mounted on a distal end of the tube; a support member extending into the cuff, the cuff having inner side walls, anterior walls and a posterior wall, the inner side walls being joined to the support member to define a recess which communicates with the airway conduit, the anterior walls and posterior wall, sealingly engaging, in use, about the glottic opening and posterior pharyngeal wall respectively of a patient.