An endoscopy device for facilitating the use of an endoscope comprising at least one airway tube and a mask carried at one end of the at least one airway rube the mask having a distal end and a proximal end and a peripheral formation capable of conforming to and of fitting within the actual and potential space behind the larynx of the patient so as to form a seal around the circumference of the laryngeal inlet the peripheral formation surrounding a hollow interior space or lumen of the mask and the at least one airway tube opening into the lumen of the mask the device further comprising a conduit adapted for passage of an endoscope into the oesophagus of a patient when the mask is in place.
