US 12,453,829 B2
Multipurpose airway device
Chong S. Kim, Holmdel, NJ (US)
Filed by Chong S. Kim, Holmdel, NJ (US)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,758.
Application 17/752,758 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/110,268, filed on Dec. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,793,962.
Prior Publication US 2022/0280737 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 1/32 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0409 (2014.02) [A61M 16/0434 (2013.01); A61M 16/0463 (2013.01); A61M 16/0484 (2014.02); A61M 16/0486 (2014.02)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An airway device, comprising:
an overtube having a proximal end and a distal end;
a mask section attached to the distal end of the overtube, the mask section including:
a spine section comprising an esophageal obturator protruding from a distal end of the spine section; and
an expandable body disposed on a proximal portion of the spine section, the expandable body including:
an inlet portion disposed adjacent the overtube;
an inflatable bladder anchored to the spine section a distance from the inlet portion;
a sheath spanning along the spine section from the inlet portion to the inflatable bladder; and
a tunnel section disposed within the sheath and extending from the inlet portion to the inflatable bladder; and
wherein the mask section is configured for radially retracting soft tissue away from the laryngeal opening to create an unobstructed path into the trachea of the patient and sealing engagement with a laryngeal opening of the patient;
and
wherein the esophageal obturator further comprises an inflatable esophageal obturator cuff affixed to a distal end of the esophageal obturator.