#$%^&*AU2014203315B220161006.pdf#####ABSTRACT An artificial airway including: an airway tube including at least one airway conduit; an inflatable cuff mounted on a distal end of the tube; a support member extending into the cuff, the cuff having inner sidewalls, anterior walls and a posterior wall, the inner sidewalls being joined to the support member to define a recess which communicates with the airway conduit, the anterior walls and posterior wall, sealingly engaging, in use, about the glottic opening and posterior pharyngeal wall respectively of a patient.1/22 too 06 -FIGURE 2 3b