Endotracheal tube and oral airway connector

Claim 1

A system for providing fluid communication for the passage of a gas from a patient's mouth to the throat and into the treachea, the system comprising: an oral airway consisting essentially of an elongated tubular body having a first open end defining a first orifice and a second open end defining a second orifice and an annular plate, integral with the first open end of said tubular body, the plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface and the bottom surface joined by a perimeter, the perimeter having walls defining means for demountably attaching an endotracheal tube thereto, wherein the attaching means of the plate has a first pair of resilient lips and a second pair of resilient lips, each pair formed into a "C" shape, each one lip of each pair being oppositely disposed from the other lip of the pair and having a distance between them that is less than the outside diameter of an endotracheal tube; said endotracheal tube consisting essentially of an elongated, hollow, tubular body having a first open end and a second open end, the body of said endotracheal tube having means engageable with said "C"-shaped openings of said oral airway for preventing longitudinal and lateral displacement of said endotracheal tube with respect to said oral airway when said endotracheal tube is engaged with the "C"-shaped opening of said oral airway; and wherein said preventing means of said endotracheal tube includes a multiplicity of pairs of annular alternating ribs and bays integral with the body of said endotracheal tube, the bays being dimensioned to fit snugly within the "C"-shaped opening of the plate, the ribs dimensioned to exceed the diameter of the "C"-shaped opening of the plate of said oral airway.

Claim 2

A system for providing fluid communication for the passage of a gas from a patient's mouth to the throat and into the treachea, the system comprising: an oral airway consisting essentially of an elongated tubular body having a first open end defining a first orifice and a second open end defining a second orifice and an annular plate, integral with the first open end of said tubular body, the plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface and the bottom surface joined by a perimeter, the perimeter having walls defining means for demountably attaching an endotracheal tube thereto, wherein the attaching means of the plate has a first pair of resilient lips and a second pair of resilient lips, each pair formed into a "C" shape, each one lip of each pair being oppositely disposed from the other lip of the pair and having a distance between them that is less than the outside diameter of an endotracheal tube; said endotracheal tube consisting essentially of an elongated, hollow, tubular body having a first open end and a second open end, the body of said endotracheal tube having means engageable with said "C"-shaped openings of said oral airway for preventing longitudinal and lateral displacement of said endotracheal tube with respect to said oral airway when said endotracheal tube is engaged with the "C"-shaped opening of said oral airway; and wherein said preventing means of said endotracheal tube includes a multiplicity of pairs of annular alternating ribs and bays integral with the body of said endotracheal tube, the bays being dimensioned to fit snugly within the "C"-shaped opening of the plate, the ribs dimensioned to exceed the diameter of the "C"-shaped opening of the plate of said oral airway.