Abstract: A superglottic and peri-laryngeal apparatus for supraglottic airway device insertion that contemporaneously clears a patient's upper airway of the tongue and other pharyngeal tissues, and raises the epiglottis without use of the medical practitioner's fingers in the upper airway. The insertion apparatus comprises an offset member with a compressor-lever shield at a distal insertion end and a handle at the proximal end thereof. The offset member, medially disposed between the handle and the compressor-lever shield, should preferably be configured to be substantially flat, consistent in thickness throughout and having a tight, arcuate shape. The compressor-lever shield member preferably widens from its junction with the offset member into a broad tip at its leading distal edge.

Abstract: A superglottic and peri-laryngeal apparatus for supraglottic airway device insertion that contemporaneously clears a patient's upper airway of the tongue and other pharyngeal tissues, and raises the epiglottis without use of the medical practitioner's fingers in the upper airway. The insertion apparatus comprises an offset member with a compressor-lever shield at a distal insertion end and a handle at the proximal end thereof. The offset member, medially disposed between the handle and the compressor-lever shield, should preferably be configured to be substantially flat, consistent in thickness throughout and having a tight, arcuate shape. The compressor- lever shield member preferably widens from its junction with the offset member into a broad tip at its leading distal edge.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for autologous sequestration of blood from a patient prior to, during and after surgery. Sequestered blood contained in an assembly of oxygenated blood collection bags is kept in fluid contact with the patient throughout surgery, thereby assuring continuity with the patient's circulatory system. The plurality of blood collection bags is interconnected with a corresponding plurality of valves which is interconnected with a plurality of flexible tubes which is attached to a patient's right atrium or a peripheral artery. Following induction of anesthesia in the operating room, a patient's blood is sequestered into a collection bag assembly which forms a closed circuit blood reservoir system. Collected blood during surgery trickles back into the patient's blood system, thereby emulating venous blood flow. The collection bags are agitated and oxygenated to promote the functionality and longevity of the platelets in the sequestered blood.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for autologous sequestration of blood from a patient prior to, during and after surgery. Sequestered blood contained in an assembly of blood collection bags is kept in fluid contact with the patient throughout surgery, thereby assuring continuity with the patient's circulatory system. The plurality of blood collection bags is interconnected with a corresponding plurality of valves which is interconnected with a plurality of flexible tubes which is attached to a patient's right atrium or a peripheral artery. Following induction of anesthesia in the operating room, a patient's blood is sequestered into a collection bag assembly which forms a closed circuit blood reservoir system. Collected blood during surgery trickles back into the patient's blood system, thereby emulating venous blood flow.