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Airway Bite Block
The Airway Bite Block has a built in oropharyngeal airway to assist patients with larger tongues or smaller throats, usually caused by obesity, in breathing during an endoscopic procedure.

The Airway Bite Block will come in two sizes (9cm and 10cm).


Airway Bite Block Facts
  • Approximately 5M upper endoscopies done per year Worldwide, on obese patients
  • The majority of these patients have airway problems and often require intervention during endoscopy
  • Class I, 510(k) exempt device
  • Advantages
    • Novel design integrating Standard Bite Block and Oral-Pharyngeal airway
    • Softer Material
    • Superior crush resistance
    • Larger working inner diameter

Patent Pending. Commercialization in 2008