Self-pressurizing supraglottic airway
US7934502B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2207/10
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A supraglottic airway of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments through a patient's laryngeal opening where the shield is designed to have an internal increase in pressure during assisted inhalation such as positive-pressure ventilation.
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