Tracheal ventilation device, in particular tracheal tube, which seals thetrachea in as air-tight a manner as possible. Said device comprises a cuffthat blocks the trachea below the glottis and is traversed by a ventilationcannula. The cuff is larger in its filled, freely displaceable, unrestrictedstate than in its filled state positioned in the trachea. The cuff consists ofa flexible soft film material and lies against the trachea by means of itsfolds. The device (1) is adapted to the morphology of a child's larynx and isavailable in finely graded sizes.