Medical device for overcoming airway obstruction
View Patent ↗A medical device for overcoming upper airway obstruction when a patient is placed in a supine position, featuring a flat rectangular support base that attaches to the support frame perpendicularly, and a variation of lower jaw supports that attach to the support frame after encircling the patient's lower jaw.
1. A medical device used to overcome upper airway obstruction when a patient is placed in a supine position comprising:
two compressible support structures, wherein each support structure has a first and a second end, and wherein each of the support structure's first end defines a first oval aperture;
an oval stabilizer, wherein each of the stabilizer's ends define second oval apertures adjacent to the stabilizer's ends;
two oval rods, each rod is inserted through each of the oval stabilizer's second aperture and through each of the compressible support structure's first oval aperture so that the support structures and the stabilizer are flush after insertion of the oval rods;
a rectangular piece of fabric having four looped guides located at each corner of the rectangular piece of fabric, each rod is inserted through two of the looped guides of the rectangular piece of fabric; and
a hammock, the hammock comprises of a rectangular body and each corner of the body has a strap that extends outward, and each strap has an attachment means so that when the hammock is placed under the lower jaw of a patient, two straps will attach to each compressible support structure.
2. The medical device of claim 1 , wherein each strap of the hammock has a plurality of fenestrations, the device further comprises of four hooks, wherein each of the four hooks is inserted through two of the fenestrations of each strap after each strap encircles each compressible support structures.