Abstract: Apparatus (2) for use with a laryngeal mask airway device (4), wherein the apparatus is configured to collect regurgitated fluid from a patient during use of the laryngeal mask airway device, wherein the apparatus is adapted for attachment to a gastric port (8) provided on the laryngeal mask airway device.

Abstract: An endoscopy device for facilitating use of an endoscope, comprising at least one airway tube and a mask having a distal end, a proximal end and a peripheral formation .xi.beta.) capable of conforming to, and fitting within, the actual and potential space behind the larynx of the patient to form a seal around the circumference of the laryngeal inlet, the peripheral formation establishing separation between a laryngeal; chamber side and a pharyngeal side, the device further comprising a conduit adapted for passage of an endoscope into the oesophagus of a patient when mask is in place, conduit including a distal end for cooperation with the oesophageal sphincter, the conduit having a laryngeal side, a pharyngeal side, a right side and a left side, and an outlet wherein at the outlet the width between the left side and the right side is smaller than the width of the conduit.

Abstract: The invention concerns a tracheostomy tube assembly for insertion into the trachea of a patient to support breathing, said assembly comprising an outer cannula (1) having a distal end (10) and a first connector end (11) with first connector means; an insertion member (2, 3) for insertion into the outer cannula (1) and a second connector end (21, 31) provided with second connector means, said second connector means cooperating with said first connector means for locking said insertion member (2, 3) in the outer cannula (1); wherein a swivel locking member (4) is retained on the second connector end (21, 31) of the insertion member (2, 3) so that the swivel locking member (4) extend around a portion of the first connector end (11), and said lock member (4) being provided with internal engagement means (40, 41), which is adapted to cooperate with corresponding first engagement means (42, 43) provided on the external surface (44) of the first connector end (11).