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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2014
Teleflex Life Sciences Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Sylwia Poulsen, Singapore, SG;
Teck Poh, Singapore, SG;
TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES PTE. LTD., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An endoscopy device () for facilitating use of an endoscope, comprising at least one airway tube () and a mask () having a distal end (), a proximal end () and a peripheral formation ξβ) capable of conforming to, and fitting within, the actual and potential space behind the larynx of the patient to form a seal around the circumference of the laryngeal inlet, the peripheral formation () establishing separation between a laryngeal; chamber side () and a pharyngeal side (), the device further comprising a conduit () adapted for passage of an endoscope into the oesophagus of a patient when mask () is in place, conduit () including a distal end for cooperation with the oesophageal sphincter, the conduit having a laryngeal side (), a pharyngeal side (), a right side () and a left side (), and an outlet wherein at the outlet the width between the left side and the right side is smaller than the width of the conduit.