Patents Assigned to Wisconsin Medical Incorporated
  • Bite block
    Patent number: 6474332
    Abstract: A bite block for use with an airway conduit comprises an elongated arcuate body having a U-shaped channel defined therein and at least one end flange at a proximal end of the arcuate body, wherein the U-shaped channel corresponds in shape to a predetermined shape of a tubular conduit of an airway such as a laryngeal mask airway and to a human oral-pharyngeal cavity. The U-shaped channel is open to the lingual surface and can be inserted over a tubular conduit of a properly inserted laryngeal mask airway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Wisconsin Medical Incorporated
    Inventor: George A. Arndt