An airway device (10) for animal or human use, said device (10) comprising an airway tube (11) having a distal end (13) and a proximal end (12), wherein the distal end (13) of the airway tube (11) is surrounded by a non-inflatable laryngeal cuff (14), and wherein the face of the laryngeal cuff (14) is shaped to form an anatomical fit over the laryngeal inlet of an animal or human patient, wherein the face of the laryngeal cuff (14) is a generally elongate substantially elliptical shape, wherein the ratio A/B of the length of the major axis A of the ellipse to the length of the minor axis B of the ellipse is greater than 2+10%.
