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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
The Laryngeal Mask Company Limited, London, GB;
Archibald I. J. Brain, Victoria, SC;
THE LARYNGEAL MASK COMPANY LTD., Victoria, Mahe, SC;
Abstract
The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device () for insertion into patient to provide an airway passage to the patient's glottic opening, the device () including an airway tube (), a mask () attached to the airway tube (), the mask () including a body () having a distal end () and a proximal end (), a peripheral inflatable cuff (), and an outlet (), the mask () being attached to the airway tube () for gaseous communication between the tube () and the outlet (), the device () further including a structure to prevent occlusion of the outlet () by the patient's anatomy, the structure including a support (), and a conduit () to allow gas to flow out of the outlet (), past the support.