#$%^&*AU2016228192A120161006.pdf#####H:\dcriiiernoeicNRPonbl\DCCDERI 132573_I .doc-[./09/20I6 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 FIGURE 1 too 06 -FIGURE 2 3b
