Proven to Open and Maintain the Oropharyngeal Opening
The New Solution that Overcomes all of the Shortcomings of Current Common Oral Airways
It is estimated that over 300 million oropharyngeal (oral) airways are used every year around the world, during anesthesia, on semiconscious / unconscious patient’s and during CPR. But would it surprise you to know that current common Guedel and Berman oral airways have been clinically proven to be deficient in opening and maintaining the oropharynx airway? That’s why we developed our line of WEDGE MT Oral Airways!
These two-leading oral airways were introduced over 80 and 65 years ago, but the simple fact is that medical science has taken leaps and bounds since that time but, unfortunately, with what we know today regarding anatomical physiology, they are an old “hold over” from the past and they do not adequately fulfill all of the requirements to maintain the airway in semiconscious / unconscious patients.
Current common oral airways are:
- Deficient at opening and maintaining the oropharynx airway
- Not designed to control the ever-problematic tongue
- Possess no dimensional consistencies across sizing – affecting how it impacts a patient’s anatomy
Our line of WEDGE MT Oral Airways provide:
- Jaw-thrust opens and maintains the oropharyngeal airway
- Designed to control the tongue
- Fixed positioning of device
- Allows hands-free use
- Dimensional standardization across sizing
- Superior Patient Care
- Reduced Procedural Complications
- Reduced Operational Costs
Why the Mandibular Thrust?
Because it's a Proven Solution
The biggest impediment, after placement of an oral airway, is the relaxation of the soft tissue structures in the hypopharynx. These structures are inclined to collapse, thus obstructing airflow, while occurring from both front-to-back and side-to-side, thus greatly decreasing (or closing) the oropharyngeal airway opening.
In relation, literally every patient before and after anesthesia, CPR, or sedation, is provided with a manual jaw-thrust as they wake up to prevent the tongue and soft tissue structures from falling back and obstructing the airway. Furthermore, almost every patient intubated is provided with an airway to prevent biting of the soft endotracheal tube and the tongue. Both of these procedures involve protracting the lower jaw by pulling it forward relative to the upper jaw to open the airway.
Since current airways don’t sufficiently address these known physiological issues – we designed an oropharyngeal airway that focuses on these drawbacks. Since mandibular advancement has been clinically proven to open and maintain the oropharynx airway, we designed a mechanical jaw thrust right into the airway. The result was our WEDGE MJT Oral Airways!