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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
May. 24, 2006
Archibald I. J. Brain, Les Bons Villers, BE;
Archibald I. J. Brain, Les Bons Villers, BE;
THE LARYNGEAL MASK COMPANY LTD., Victoria, Mahe, SC;
Abstract
The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device () for insertion into a patient to provide an airway passage to the patient's glottic opening, the device () comprising an airway tube () a mask () attached to the airway tube (), the mask () comprising a body () having a distal end () and a proximal end (), a peripheral inflatable cuff (), and defining an outlet () for gas, the mask () being attached to the airway tube () for gaseous communication between the tube () and the outlet (), the device () further comprising an oesophageal drain (), the drain () comprising a conduit extending from an inlet () at the distal end () to an outlet () disposed to the outside of the patient when the device () is in place, the conduit including a mask section () and an airway tube section (), wherein the conduit mask section () is formed integrally in the material of the body ().