摘要 |
An airway device (10) for human or animal use comprising an airway tube (11) having a distal end (13) and a proximal end (12), the distal end (13) of which is surrounded by a laryngeal cuff (14), wherein the cuff (14) is non-inflatable and is pre-formed in a shape such that a face region of the cuff (14) is adapted to fit snugly over the laryngeal inlet of a patient, and wherein the external profile of the tube is substantially uniform between the distal end (13) of the tube (11) where it starts to meet the cuff (14) and the proximal end (13) of the tube (11), and wherein the face region of the cuff (14) is formed from a material with a Shore hardness on the A scale of between 0 to 30. |