Self-pressurized Air-Q With Blocker and Air-Q Blocker in Low Risk Female Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery

"It has a drain tube through which a suction tube is passed like the Air-QILA blocker, and Instead of the pilot balloon and inflating cuff, the air-Q SP with blocker incorporates a self-regulating periglottic cuff at the end of this tube , a communication orifice at the junction of the peri-glottic cuff and the airway tube.~This communication between two spaces enables the cuff to dynamically regulate intra-cuff pressure depending on airway pressure. This distinguishing feature of the air-Q SP may result in reduced risk for airway morbidities related to cuff hyperinflation"

A good seal will provide good ventilation, will guarantee the desired depth of anesthesia at lower gas flows and with lesser leaks to the esophagus, it will not cause rise in intragastric pressure thus preventing regurgitation However, When the cuff pressure is more than the mucosal perfusion pressure, it is likely to either cause postoperative pharyngo-laryngeal symptoms (sore throat, dysphagia, dysphonia) or cause local mucosal trauma and nerve injuries