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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
David D. Alfery, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/600 ;
Abstract
An oral airway ( ) includes an elongate tubular member ( ) having a distal ( ) and a proximal end ( ), the oral airway being configured to place the distal end in a supraglottic position when operatively placed within the hypopharynx of a patient. A temperature sensor ( ) is operatively associated with the elongate tubular member to detect a core temperature of a patient with the distal end of the oral airway operatively placed in a superglottic position within the hypopharynx of the patient.