The invention relates to an artificial airway device 1 to facilitate lung ventilation of a patient, comprising an airway tube 2 and a mask 3 carried at one end of the airway tube, the mask 3 having a distal end 4 and a proximal end 5 and a peripheral formation 6 capable of forming a seal around the circumference of the laryngeal inlet, the peripheral formation 6 surrounding a hollow interior space or lumen 7 of the mask 3 and the bore of the airway tube 2 opening into the lumen 7 of the mask, the airway tube including support means 44 such that the cross sectional area of the bore is substantially maintained upon application of pressure by the patient’s teeth whilst allowing local deformation of the tube at the point of tooth contact.本發明係有關於一種人工氣道裝置，用於幫助一病患之肺呼吸。人工氣道裝置1包括一氣道管2及一遮罩3，遮罩3係由氣道管之一端所支撐，遮罩3具有一遠端4、一近端5及一周邊構成物6，周邊構成物6係可繞著一喉入口之圓周形成一密封層，周邊構成物6圍繞遮罩3之一中空內部空間或一內腔7，氣道管2之孔開放進入遮罩3之內腔7，氣道管2包括一支承裝置44，藉由病患之牙齒之所施加壓力以實質維持氣道管2之孔之斷面積，同時氣道管2在病患之牙齒之接觸位置允許局部變形。
