THE INVENTION RELATES TO AN ARTIFICIAL AIRWAY DEVICE I TO FACILILATE 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. (FIG 2)
