The invention relates to a laryngeal mask airway device (1) for insertion into a patient to provide an airway passage to the patients glottic opening, the device including an airway tube (2), a mask (3) attached to the airway tube, the mask comprising a body (4) including a peripheral inflatable cuff (5), an outlet (6) and an inlet (7), the mask being attached to the airway tube via the inlet for gaseous communication between the tube and the outlet, there being at least one fibre-optic cable (23, 24) terminating adjacent the outlet for receiving, in use, an image of the patients glottic opening, and apparatus (50) for viewing the image, the viewing apparatus being disposed such that it remains in the users field of view during manipulation of the device by the user to view the glottic opening.
